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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 

U^ ^ \-,_ BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY: J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR 



BULLETIN 27 



TSIMSHIA^" TEXTS 



FRA^^Z BOAS 




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Introdiu-tic m S 

Text.«: 

Txii'msEin anil Li'iirulmlu' : 7 

Txa'iiisKiii 2^ 

Tx:i'm!?Em - 'M 

The Stone and the Elderberry Biisli 7'2 

The Porcupine and the Beaver 7:5 

Tlie Wolves and the Deer 83 

The Stars 81) 

Rotten-feathers il4 

K-'eLk" 102 

The sealion liunters H'S 

Smoke-hole - 1 IH 

Ts'ak- - 117 

Growing-iip-like-one-\vho-has-a-j;randMic>thcr. I.';7 

Little-eagle - H» 

She- who-has-a-labret -on-one-side 1 8S 

The Grizzly Bear 200 

Squirrel -1 1 

AVitchcraft 217 

Supplementary stories; 

The origin of the <;-ispawadu\VK'da 221 

Asi-hwi'l - - 225 

The Grouses 22!) 

TsEgu'ksk" 2;-!l 

Rotten-feathers (continued fn.m i.agc 100) 2:U 

Abstracts 2:») 



TSIMSHIAN TPJXTS 

Nass KivKK Dialect 



Recoi'ded and ti-anslated b}' 
Fraxz Boas 



INTKODITTION 

The following texts were collected in Kinkolith, at the mouth of the 
Nass river, daring the uionths of November and December. 1894, 
while I was engaged in researches under the auspices of the British 
Association for the Advancement of Science. The principal object 
of these investigations was a study of the Athapascan tribe of Port- 
land canal, and the following texts were collected mcidentally only. 
The ethnologic results of these investigations were published in the 
reports of the Comuiittee on the Northwestern Tribes of Canada of the 
British Association for the Advancement of Science.' 

The texts are in the Nass River dialect of the Tsimshian language. 
The dialect is called by the natives Nisqa'E. The texts were obtained 
from four individuals — Philip, Moses, Chief Mountain, and Moody. 
B\' far the greater numl)er of them are myths of the tribe. Judging 
from similar myths which I collected in previous years among the Tsim- 
shian proper.- they ai-e only moderately well told. 

Possibly the method of transcribing sounds is not quite satisfactory. 
I have not been able to determine definitely if there are one or two 
palatized I's. I consider it probable that there may be two; but in the 
present texts all the palatized Ts are '-endered by one character. 
There is also a certain inconsistency in my perception of the surds and 
sonants, the fortis. or the surd followed by a hiatus, very often sound- 
ing similar to the sonant. I have not endeavored to make the spelling 
throughout consistent, but have rather followed the transcription 
which seemed to me most appropriate at the time when I wrote the 
texts down. 

Franz Boas. 

New York, June, 1S99. 

■Report of the 65th meeting of the British Assooiation for the Advanocment of Science, Ipswich, 
1895, pp. 569-586. 

2 Franz Boas, Indianische Sagen von der uord-pacilischen Kiiste Ameriiias. Berlin ls9o, pp. 
272-305. 

5 



6 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bcll. 27 

AJj>]i<thet 

ii. 0. i, o, u have theii' continental sounds (short). 

il, e, I, o, u long vowels. 

E obscure e in flower. 

", ", ', °, " vowels not articulated, l)ut indicated by position of the 
mouth. 

ii in German Biir. 

a aw in law. 

6 o German voll. 

p, e in bell. 

ai i in island. 

au ow in how. 

L posterior palatal 1; the tip of tongue touches the alveoli 

of the lower jaw, the back of the tongue is pressed 
against the hard palate; generally surd. The occur- 
rence of the corresponding sonant is doubtful. Pos- 
sibly there is still another 1, pi-oduced a little nearer 
the front part of the hard palate. 

q velar k. 

g velar g. 

k English k. 

g" palatalized g, almost gy. 

k" palatized k. almost ky. 

X ch in German Bach. 

X X pronounced at the posterior })order of tlic haid palate. 

X* palatal x as in German ich. 

s pronounced with open teeth, therefore soniewiiat similar 

to Enolish sh. 



d, t 



"•Pi . • , 

I I tinguish. 

g. k J s 

h as in English. 

y as in year. 



in English, l)ut surd and sonant more ditiicuit to dis 



as in English, probably alwavs aspirated. 

as in English; as terminal sounds articulated l>ut inaud- 

ilile, uidess followed by a word begiruiing with a 

\()wel. 
a pause; when following an initial or tei'minal mute, it 

tends to increase the stress of the latter. 



Txa'mseji and Lo(.;obola' 

[1-5 toirt by Moses: tus, ■_>„, and an tuld by Philip] 

1. There was a town in which a chief and chieftainess were living. 
The chieftaines.s had done .something bad. She had a lover, but the 
chief did not know it. The j'oung man loved the chieftainess very 
much. He often went to the place where she lived with the chief. 
Then the chieftainess resolved, "I will pretend to die.'" She pre- 
tended to be verv sick, because she wanted to marry that man. 
After a short time she pretended to die. Then all the people cried. 
Before she died the chieftainess .said, ''Make a large box in which 
to bury me when I am dead." The people made a box and put her 

Txa'ms?:m and LiVjobola' 
1. Hetk"Lqal-ts"a'p. NLk""e k""alL sEui'a'g'it de-k'"alL sig'idKmna'q. i 

There a town. Then one chief iiml one cliieftiiiness. 

stood 

NLk-"e sg'lL hwih. sig'idEnuia'q. K''alL Lgo-g'a'tg"e, nLne fan 2 

Then hart , done the cliieftniness. One little man, he who 

something 

lele'luksL sig'idEmna'q. ^'I'g'it hwila'x"L sEm'a'g'it. SEm-sI'epEnL 3 

stole often the ehieftaiu- Not knew it the chief. Very he loved 

e.ss. 

sig'idEmna'q fan (jaqaodet aL dEd'a't aL awa'aL sEm'a'g"it. NLk''e 4 

the chieftainess who went ttiere to she wns in proximitv the chief. Then 

often of 

tgoni. .'<a-ga'otk"L sig'idEmna'q: "AuiL dEiu no'oeE aL dEiu 5 

this resolved the chieftaine.ss: "Good ifut.i lam and (fut.) 

dead 

si-be'Ek"seE." NLk''e ri'd"iksk"L dEm hwil .sI'epk"L sig'idEmna'q. 6 

make I lie." Then came ifut.) beini^ sick the chieftain- 

ess. 

NLk'"e wT-t'e'sL ha-.srepk"L aL .sT-bo'k^stg'e dEmt hwila nak'sk"L 7 

Then was great sickness at she a lie (fut.) trjnng she wanted 

made to marry 

k'"alL g'at, qan hot. Nig'i nak"L sg'eL .sig'idEmna'q, nlk''e 8 

one man. there- .she Not long lay the chieftaine.ss, then 

fore said so. 

no'ot. NLk'"e sig'a'tk''L txane'tk^L qal-ts'a'p. NLk'"c tgonL hei. 9 

she was Then cried all the people. Then this said 

dead. 

Sig'idEmna'q: '"Tse .sI-laisEin xpeis tsE hwil lo-.sg'i'eE." La no'ot, 10 

the chieftainess: "Make that large a box where in I shall When she was 

lie." dead. 

nLk''et dza'pdeL xpeist. NLk''et lo-ma'qdet la'ot. NLk^'et 11 

then they made a box. Then in they put in it. Then 

her 



8 BUREAU OF AMERICAIf ETHNOLOGY [bcll. 27 

into it. The}- put it on tlie hnmches of ii tree in tlie wood.s. The 
chieftainess had a spoon and a fish knife in her box. She pretended 
to be dead. For two nights the chief went into the woods, and sat 
right under the box in which the chieftainess was lying. Then he 
cea.sed to cry. Behold, there were maggots falling down from the 
bottom of the box. Then the chief thought, ''She is full of maggots."' 
But actually the chieftainess was scraping the spoon with her fish 
knife, and the scrapings looked just like maggots. In the evening 
her lover went into the woods. He climbed the tree and knocked on 
the box, saying, ''Let me in, ghost!" He said so twice. Then the 
chieftainess replied, '' Ha-ha! I pretend to make maggots out of m\self 



1 q'aldix'-ma'qdet aL g'lle'lix". NLk*'et ma'qsaandeL gan. 

in the rear they put at in the woods. Then they put her on a tree, 

of the houses her 

2 Ts'o'sg'im nak", nLk-'et lo-da'mL sig'idemna'qL q'aldo'x" qanL 

A little while, then in held in the ehieftainess a spnwn and 

her hands 

3 ha-q"o'L. Bek^L hwi'ltg"e. Nig'ide no'ot. Nba g'e'ip'El yu'ksa 

a knife to Shelled she did so. Not she was (Perf.) two evenings 

split salmon. dead. 

4 qa'ne-hwiia q'aldix'-ia'L sEm'a'g'it aL logol-dEp-d'a't aL LaXL 

always to the rear went the chief under he sat at under 

of the houses 

5 hwtl le-sg'lL xpe'is hwil lo-sg'lL sig'idEmna'q. La Lesk"L 

where on was the box where in lay the chieftain- When finished 

ess. 

6 wi-ye'tk"L sEm'a'g'it, gwina'dcL, sma'wun qa'ne-hMila mak't aL 

crying the chief, behold, maggots always fell at 

down 

7 bak"t aL siii'nL xpe'tst. NLk"'c tgouL heL qatL sEm'a'g'it: 

came at the bottom the box. Then this said the heart the chief: 

out of of of 

8 "La smii'wun da." De'yaL qa'otL sEm'a'g'it. TgonL hwilL 

•■ It is all maggots." Thus said the heart the chief. This did 

of 

9 .<ig"idEmna'qg"e. La'lbEL q'aldo'x" aL ha-q"o'L. NLk""et hS'g'igaL 

the chieftainess. She the spoon with the fish Then like 

scraped knife. 

10 sma'wunL La q'am-La'lbEqskt aL q'aldo'x". NLk"'e huX yu'ksa. 

maggots (perf.) refuse of scraping at the spoon. Then again it was 

evening. 

11 NLk-'c huX q'aldix*-ia'L an-k'6'oXt. NLk''et mEu-he't'EUL gan. 

Then again to the rear went her sweetheart. Then up he placed a tree, 

of the houses 

12 NLk"'e mEn-ia'L g'a'tg'e. NLk''et nii-d'isd'e'st. NLk''e tgonL 

IThcn up went the man. Then with he Then this 

his hand knocked. 

13 be'tg'e: "Ts'ent'Ene, lu'laq. Ts'e'ntEne, lu'laq.'" G'"e'lp'ElL 

htsaid: "Letmc ghost. Let me ghost," Twice 

enter, enter, 

14 he'tg'e. NLk-'e dg'lEmExk"L sig"idEmna'(i: "Hilhii, algwa'L 

he said so. Then answered the chieftain- " HAhsi, therefore 

ess; 

15 qan sisqaxsa'ntg'e." NLk*'et hux q'ango'uL La ha'bEL an-sg'e'ist. 

Then again sheopcned the cover the grave, 

of 

1 These words are in Tsimshian dialect. 



BOAS] TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 9 

in your behalf." Then she opened the cover of the box, and the man 
lay down with her. He did so every night. Then she came to be 
pregnant. The man always went up to her. The chief did not know 
it, but one man found it out. He told the chief. Then the chief's 
nephews kept watch and killed the man, and also killed the woman. 
Now she was really dead, and her body was putrefying. Then her 
child came out alive. It sucked the intestines of its mother, and there- 
fore its name was Sucking-intestines. The child grew up in the box. 
One day all the children went into the woods, shooting with liows 
and arrows at a target. The}' were not far from this tree when they 
were shooting. Then Sucking-intestines .saw them. He went down 
and took their arrows. Thus the children lost them again and again. 

NLk'"e huX lo-g'ii'eL g'at ai. awa'at. Txane'tk"!- axk"L hwilt. 1 

Then again in lay tht* in ht-r prox- Every night he did so. 

down man imity. 

NLk"'e La a'd'ik'sk^L dcm o'bEnt. NLk*'e o'bEnt qa'ne-hwila 2 

Then (perf.) she came (fiit.) pregnant. Then .she was always 

pregnant 

bax-ia'L g"a'tg'e. Ni'g'it hwilii'x'L sEura'g'it. Hwii'i! K'MIl 3 

up went the man. Xot knew it the Well! One 

chief. 

g'a'tg'e fan lo-hwa't. NLk'"et ma'Ldet aL sEm'ii'g'it. XLk''et 4 

man who in found Then he told to the chief. Then 

it. 

leLk'L gusli'sk"L sEm'a'g'it. NLk''et dza'k"deL g'a'tg'e. NLk'"e 5 

watched the nephews the chief. Then thev liilled the man. Then 

of 

huX dza'k"deL hana'cig'e. NLk"'e SEm-ho'm no'ot. Hwii'i! La G 

also thev killed woman. Then reallv she Well; (Perf.) 

"the ■ was dead. 

loqL lo'lEqg'e. XLk""e k'saxL Lgo-tk"'e'Lk"L dEde'lstg'e. NLk"'e 7 

putrefy- her body. Then out came a little child alive. Then 

ing was 

d'aqL Lgo-tk''e'Lk"L hilts noxt. NLneL qan hwa'dEs Anniiigom 8 

itsucked the child the in- of his Therefore its name .Sucking- 

little testines mother. 

ha't. Hwiii! Lii wi-t"e'sL Lgo-tk''e'Lk"g'e aL lo-d'a't aL 9 

intes- Well! When great was the child at in was in 

tines. little 

ts'Em-xpe'ist. 1" 

in the box. 

NLk-"e q'aldix'-qa'odEL txanc'tk"L k'ope-tk*'e'Lk" wl-he'lt n 

Then totherearof they were all the little children many 

the houses gone 

yukL sg"ilela'xk''detg"e aL ha-Xda'kL do'qdct cjanL hawi'I. 12 

while theyshotata with bows they took and arrows. 

' target 

Wagait-do' hwil hetk"L gan. Nlucl gu'Xdeit. NLk'"e g'ig'a'as 13 

At a distance far where stood a tree. Then they shot. Then saw 

them 

Anmagom hil't. NLk"*e huX d"Ep-ie'et. XLk*'et huX doqL 1-t 

Sucking- intes- Then again down he Then again he took 

tines. went. 

ha-wi'l. NLk'"e huX k'ut-gwa'disiL txane'tk"L k'opE-tk"'e'Lk". 1-5 

arrows. Then again about lost them all the little children. 



10 HIREAU OF AMKKK'AN ETHNOLOGY [bill. 27 

Now, tlic childirn saw that the Ixncaine from out of the grave, and they 
toll! the chief. He said. "Keep watch and try to catch hiiu." The 
chief's nephews went, and. Ix'hold. he came down again. While lie 
was wall<ing about, they caught him and tooi\ him home. 'I'iiey took 
him to the chief's house. Now he grew up. and his name was Suci\ing- 
intestines. 

2. Now he heard that there was a chiefs daughter on the other side of 
the hole where the heavens meet. Sucking-intestines caught a bird and 
skinned it. lie put its skin on and Hew. Then he said, ""CT'it g'tt g'lt 
g'lnsaaaaa!" He came to a town, and there he met a person. Then he 
shot a Wood-pecker. He skinned it, and the other person put it on. 
Thcv flew on. The one l)ird cried. "Cx'it g"it g'lt g'lnsaaaal' The wood- 



1 NLk''e Lii sl-go'n. uLk-'e hwiia'x'detg'e hwil g*ik'si-hwi'tk"L 

Then whin a litllc- then they knew where out came from 

while. 

2 Lgo-tk""e'Lk" aL ts'Km-an-sge'ist. NLk'"ct ma'Ldeit el sEm'a'g'it. 

the l>ov from in the grave. Then thev to the chief, 

little ' _ told" 

•'' NLk"'e aig'i.xi. sEm'a'g'it: "Am niEsEui leLk't sKni-g'idi-go'uL." 

Then spoku tlu- <-hief: "Good yuu watch 

■i NLk'"e hwtlr, gusii'sk"L sKmM'g'it. Gwinade'i.. i,a huX 

Then thev did so the nephews the chief. Behold, when asain 

of 

5 d"Ep-a'd"ik'sk"t. iii.k''e huX k'uL-iii'et. NLk''e .sii-t-go'udet. 

down he canie. then again about he went. Then sud- they took 

denly him. 

(! NLk"'et na-de-iii'edet. NLk"'e . ts'ElEm-ma'qdet ul awa'aL 

Tlien out<if with they Then into they at the prox- 

woods him weiit. put him imity of 

7 sEm'ii'g'it. NLk'^e wl-t'e'st. Anmagom ha'L hwa'tg'e. 

the chief. Then he was large, Sucking- intes- was his name. 

tines 

"^ L'. Ni.k'T't iiExnu'i. hwil d"ai. Eg6'uLk"L sEm'a'g'it aL an-da'L 

Tliiii he heard where was the daughter of a chief at otherside 

of 

'.' hwil nano'oi, mEsma'L iax-ha'. Nxk^'et go'us Anmagom ha'L 

where the hole of the meeting the sky. Then he took Sucking- intes- 

of tines 

10 g"itg"in.sa'. NLk"\''t tsa'adet. NLk''et lo-L6'otk"t. Nxk^'e 

lahirdj. Then he >kinned Then in he put it on. Then 

it. 

11 g'ehil'yukt. NLk""e a'lg'i.xt: "(J-it g'lt g"it g'lnsiuiaaa." NLk'^et 

he lU'W. Tliun he 'Git git git g-insliUfta." Then 

sal.l: 

l-j hwai. k^'eli, <ial-ts"a'p. NLk'^et goL ii'Mh. g'at. NLk'^et 

he one town. Then he met one person. Then 

found 

13 gu'XdeL ha'atk". NLk"'et tsa'adctg-e. N'Lk-'et lo-L6'6tk"'L 

he shot tt wood- Then he skinned it. Then in he put it on 

pecker. 

l-t k"'alL g'at. NLk"'e leba'yukdet. NLk'"e huX a'igixL g"itg"insa': 

one person. Then they flew. Then again spoke G'itg'insa'; 

15 "G"it g"it git g'lnsaaslasi.'' NLk"'e de-g'eba'yuki. ha'atk": 

"Git git git glnsaamu." Then with (lew the wood- 

pecker: 



T^^IMSHIAN TKXTS 



11 



pecker uccoiiipaiiieil him. erviiij;'. "'How-how!" The_\ Hew u])Wiird. 
Now they eame to a town. There a person said, "Son of the ghosts, 
j'oii must go on farther if you want to tind the place where the heavens 
meet.'' Then Sucking-intestines, who had the l)ird skin on. said "'Ci'it 
g"it g'it g"insaaa,tifi!" and the woodpecker said, "How-how!'' after Suck- 
ing-intestines had spoken. They came to many towns, and the people 
all said the same to them. They went on for a long time, and tinally 
came to the hole in the sky. At that time it was alwa3's dark. There 
was no daylight. They found the hole, and the bird and the wood- 
pecker flew through it. When they reached the inside of the sky, 
Sucking-intestines took ofl' the skin of the bird, and the woodpecker 
also took oti" his skin. He sat down near the hole of the sky, while 



Tlaiui h;i." K'"(' sa'k'sdct. Ni-k' 



jal-ts'a'p. XLk'"e a'lg'ixL k''alL g'at: 



l('-yo'xk"i,(l('t lax-o'i, k'"elL 

(.11 tlii'v wi-nl ont(.|.,,f one 



Till 



I ^ ^ 1*^ 1^ h I ^ ^ ^ 1 ^ ^ "^ 

eiS44S4\a » s » \ <s • * t »\ a 

'ai-yim al-sj;-;;'h\vil hax-hak'waxLmEs-m;V dEiiit i|uii ile-liwa'L Li;nui.k"L In-lE-qai 
here close the meeting (fut.) for tinds llie c-liiM tlie 

of the heavens of shost. 

g-itg'insa' lo-L6'6tk"s Anmagom hat: 

the g'itg"insu' whom had on Sneking- intes- 

tines 

g'lnsaatWi he'," 

ginsilMM he'." 



Close V 

NLk-'e 



a'lg'ixL 

said 



"Tsini't, 

■■TsinS't, 

de'yaL 

thus said 

NLk-'e 

Then 



tsini't. 



g'it. 



ha'atk" t 

th,. ; 

u-oodpecker 

sa'k'skMet 

they went to 



«-Tt, g-Tt, 

git. git, 

L("sk"i. 

finished 



a'l<i'ixi- 



g'itg"ins:i'. 

theg itginsa'. 



M'1-he'ld 

many 



sagait-k'"c'lt hadtt'lqdetg'e. 



La 

I perf . ' 



nak"L 

long 



hwi'ldet. 

they did so. 



hwa'det 

they found 

q'ap-hwihi 

ahvays 



g'ltg'insa' 

the g-itg insa' 



Invi 



([alk'si-no'oL 

througli the hole 



hwi'lt 



NLk-'et 

Then 



(janL 

and 



g'l-k O OL. 

in olden time. 

hwa'detg'e. 

they found it. 

htl'atk". 



lax-ha' 

the sky 

Nig 'id i 

Not 

NLk-'O 

Then 

NLk-'et 

Then 



[al-ts'ipts"a'p. Lo-yo'xk"det 7 



NLk-'e 8 

Then 



ts'Em-ltix-ha'. NLlc'et 

into the-kv. Then 



lod pecker. 

sa-ma'gas Anmtigom 



spagait-stfa'Exk" !> 

in t lie dark 

"i'd"ik'sk"L d?;m 10 

came (fnl.) 

qai!;'si-g'eba'yukL 11 

through flew 

:jalk'si-ax'a'qLk"det 12 

through they came 



hat 

intestine 



LSI !ina sL 18 

(|)art.) the.vkin 



gitg'insa'. NLk'"e de-t-sa-ma'gasi. k^'alL g-at anfi'si. hti'atk". 14 

g-itg-insa'. Then also oil' put it one 

pecker 



12 



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Suckiiijr-iiitestines went on. }Io ciinio to ii .spriiii.'- near the ehief's 
Louse. Then the chief .•< daughter went out, carrying- a small l)asket in 
which she was about to fetch water. She walked down to the spring in 
front of her father's house.' Then Sucking-intestines transformed 
himself into the leaf of a cedar, and floated on the water. The chief's 
daughter dipped it up into her l)ask(>t and drank it. Then she returned. 
She entered her father's house. After a short time she was with child. 
Then she gave birth to a bo\\ Then the chief and chieftainess were 
very glad. The\' washed him regularly, and he began to grow up. 
Now he was beginning to creep about, and the chief smoothed and 
cleaned the floor of his house. Now the child was strong. He began 



1 NLk''e d'at aL lax-ts'a'L hwil nano'oL lax-ha'. NLk'-g 



Then 



at 



2 da'uLs Anmagom hat. 

left Sucking- intes- 

tines, 

3 (rwa'ntk'sL hwa'tg'e. 

Spring was its name. 



on the edge 
of 

D'ilL 



Then 



4 Lgo-qo'ci 3'u'kdEt dEm 

A little basket she held ifut.) 



NLk-'e 

Then 

ak-sk". 



an-a'k*sL 

the well of 

k'saxL 

went out 



5Em"a'g"it 

the chief 

Lg6'uLk''L 
the child of 



aL 



g-au. 

at in frontof 
the house. 

sEm'a'g'it. 

the chief. 



NLk-'et 

Then 



go US 

took 



NLk''e iaga-ie'et aL 

Then down .she to 

walked 

Anmagom hiiL laqs. 

Sucking- inles- a spike o: 

tines a cedar. 

NLk"'e l6-g'ig'a'6k'st aL ts'Em-a'k"s. 

Then in he floated in in the 

water. 

NLk''e ak'st sEm-tqal-a'k'sdEL la'qsg'e 

Then she very in it she drank the leaf, 

drank 

ts'("nt aL hwilps 

she in the house 

entere<l of 

9 amL qa-na'guat, nLk"'e o'bEnt. NLk"-e aqLk"L 

suffi- long, then she was Then she gave a 

ciently mth child. birth to little 

lU Lgo-wi'lk'siLk". NLk"'e lo-ii'mL qaL wi-sEm'ii'g'it qanL .sig'idEmna'q. 

the princess. Then in good the the chief and the chieftainess. 

little wtts heart of great 

11 NLk'^et qane-hwila lo-ma'k*sdet aL ts'Em-a'k's. NLk"'e a'd"ik*sk"L 

Then always in she put him in in water. Then became 

12 dEm hwil wl-t'e's. NLk''e La k'uL-tqa'atk°t. NLk''e sEm-lo-sa-a'mL 

(fut.) being great. Then (perf.) about he crawled. Then really in made good 



5 nEgua'odEt. 

her father. 

6 lo-L6'6tk"t. 

on he put it. 

7 Lg6'uLk"L SEm'a'g'iL qoq. 

the child of the chief the 

basket. 

8 NLk-'e lo-ya'ltk"t. K-'e 

Then she returned. Then 



NLk-" 

Then 



nEgua'odEt. 

her father. 



qag'ii US 

in front of 
thehou.*«of 

NLk-'e 

Then 

; g-apL 

dipped up 



NLk-'( 

Then 



Lg0-g"a't Lgo'uLk"L 

man her child 



13 sEm"a'g"it lo-ts'a'wuL hwilp. 

the chief in the inside the 



NLk-'e La dax-g'a'tL Lgo-tk-'e'Lk". 

Then (perf.) strong was the child. 



14 NLk""e wi-ye'tk"t. 

Then he cried. 



TgonL 

Thus 



het: 



■ Hamaxii', 

"Hamaxii', 



hamaxa'. 

hamaxii'." 



NLk-"et 

Then 



1 From here on the relater seems to have confounded the stories of the birth of Txii'msEm and of 
the origin of daylight. See the correct version in Franz Boas, Indianische Sagen von der nord-paci- 
fischen Kilste Amerikas, Berlin, 1896, p. 272 et seq. 



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18 



to cry all the time, •'Hamaxii, hamaxiil" Then the chief called the 
people. He did not know what the boj- wanted, noi' why he ci"ied; 
but he wanted the box that was hanging in the chief's house. This was 
a box in which daylight was kept hanging in one corner of his house. 
Its name was max. The child cried for it. Then the chief was 
annoyed. He called the people, and the_v entered. Then they heard 
the child crying aloud. They did not know what the child was say- 
ing. He cried all the time. "Haniaxa! hamaxa! hamax!"' Now one 
wise man who understood him said to the chief, "He is crying for 
the max." The chief ordered it to be taken down, and a man took 
it down. They laid it down, and the boj' sat down near it. He was 
now quite large. He stopped cr\-ing, for he was glad. Then he rolled 



gun-fja'odEL 

caused td go the chief 

Lgo-tk"'e'Lk" qan heL 

the bov whv lie 



sEui'tVg-'iL qal-ts"a'p. 



wi-j'e'tk"t. 

he cried. 



Ni'g'it hwila'x"deL hasa'qL 

Not they knew wanted 

Hasa'qii lo-ia'gat aL hwilpL 

He wanted in hung in the house 



sEm'a'g'it. 

the chief. 



Lo-ia'qL 

In hung 



max 

the 



aL 



amo L 

the 



hwilpL 

the house 



sEui a'g"it. 

the chief. 



comer of 

SEra-kTi-Lot'u'guL SEm'a'g'it. MaxL hwas go'stg"e. Nlhc'l a'wutL 

Really i ') the chief. Max was the that one. Therefore cried 



Lgo-tk"'e'Lk"g"e. NLk"'e lo-wa'ntk"L qa'oL SEm'a'g'it. 

the child. Then in annoyed heart the chief. 



KLk-'et 

Then he 



One 

"■•at: 



"Sem'a'g'it 

"Chief 



tgOSL 

that 



gun-sa-go'udEL sEm'a'g'it. 

caused off take it the chief. 



an-ha'et. 

what he says 

NLk-'et 

Then 



MaxL 

Max 



haa'ut." 



gun-qa'odEL qal-ts'a'p. XLk"'e ts'EJEm-qa'odeL qal-ts'a'p. XLk''e 6 

cause<l to go the people. Then into went the people. Then 

naxna'deL hwil wI-ye'tk^L Lgo-tk'"e'Lk" La g'ap-wl-t'e'st. NLk''e 7 

they heard (verbal cried the child (perf.) really large. Then 
noun) little 

ni'g"it hwilfi'x'L qal-ts'a'p qane-hwila heL Lgo-tk"e'Lk"g'e aL 8 

not knew the people (what) alwavs said the child and 

little 

wi-ye'tk"t. TgonL het: '•Hamaxii' hamaxil', hamax." Hwii'i! 9 

it cried. Thus it said: "Hamaxa', hamaxii'. hamax." Well! 



K'TiIl hwil xo'osgum g'at fan hwila'x't. tgoni. heL hwil xo'osgum iQ 

wise man who knew it, this said the wise 



NLk-'et 11 

Then he 



,sa-go'udEL g'at. NLk'"et 12 

off took it ft person. Then 



sg'e'det. NLk''et k'uL-d'a'L Lgo-tk-'e'Lk" La g'ap-wi-t'e'st. NLk''e j^y 

they laid it Then about sat the boy (perf. ) really large he Then 

down. little was, 

ha'wuL wi-ye'tk"t.lo-a'mL (jaott. NLk''et k'uL-lo-tgo-lax-le'lb"Ent aL ij. 

he stopped crying, in good his Then about in around to h" rolled it in 



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it about inside the house. He did so for four days. Sometimes he 
carried it to the door. Now the chief did not thiuiv of it. He (juite 
forgot it. Then the boy really took the max. He put it on his shoul- 
ders and ran out with it. While he was running one man said, "The 
giant is running away with the max, hal" Thus he received the 
name Giant. Then he ran away with it. He came to the hole of 
the sk_v, and. l>ehold, his companion was sitting there. Then he took 
the skin of the bird. He put it on. His companion took the skin 
of the woodpecker, and they flew through the hole in the sky. the 
(iiant carrying the max. At that time the world was always dark. 

3. The Giant went on. It remained daylight. The darkness did 
not return. He wore .something tied over his head. He arrived 
farther up the river. Then ho put what he was wearing on his head 
under a stone in a steep clitl. It i- tlicre yet. 



1 lo-ts'il'wuL hwllp. lii lig'i-txa'lpxL sal. hwilt. Wagait-dide-hwa'dEL 

in inside of the (Pcrf.) about four days ho did Sometimes with it reached 

house. .'^. 

2 Lgo-tk"'e'Lk" ai. fi'dz'Ep. ui t"ak"i. SEm'a'g'it hwili. Lgo'nLk"L 



(Perf.) he the chief lie did 

forgot so 

SKUi-go'udKL Lgo-tk""e'Lk"r. 

Really got the boy 



little 



SEm-t'e'isk^L hwi'lpg'e. 

quite forgetful of the house. 

SEm-qo'lt.sagat. Sem-ba'xt, k'si-dK-bii'jit. Ntk^'e baxt. 

Quioklv he put it on Much he ran. out with he ran. Then he ran. 

his'shoulders. it 

a'lg'ixL k'iilL g"at: •" K'si-dE-bfi'is Wl-g'a't max. htti" 

said one man: "Out with runs (iiant the hal" 



ma xg"e. 

the sun-ljo.x. 

Nxk'e 

Then 

NLk'e 



sun-ho.\ 

iwilt go'ui. su-hwa'det as Wi-g'a't. NLk""e dE-ba'xt. 

Ill- took ii iliev called him CJiant. Then with he ran. 

it 



NLk''et liwaL 

Then he found 



K''c hwil k"'ct 

.\t once 



hwil nano'oL lax-ha'. Gwina'deL Le ste'lt de-d'a't. 

(verhal the hole the sky. Beholdl ( Perf. ) his com- also wius 

noun) of panion there. 

go'ui. ana'sL g"itg"insa'. NLk""(~ lo-Lo'otk^t. NLk""e det-go'uL Le 

he the skin gitginsa'. Then on he put it. Thou also took 

took of the 

.stelL anfi'si, hfi'atk"t. XLk""e (lalk'si-lel)a'vukdet. Yu'kdES 



Then 



(|alk'si-lel)a'yukdet. 

through they flow. 



carried 



hiscom- the skin the wood- 

panion of jtccker. 

Wl-g-a't max. Qa'ne-hwfla sc|"a'Exk"L hsi-le-ilzo'ijst""' ul g'i-k'o'uL. 

Always dark was the world at long ago. 



(iiant the nuux 
(sun-box 

8. NLk'^e 

Then 

K'uL-hii'yiL 

About he wore 



iii's Wl-g"a't. i/i mE.sa'x". ni'g'i 



I I'erf. 



huX 

a pa in 



fal. 



daylight. 

NLk*'et hwar, g'ig'ii'nix' 

Thou ho above, 

reached 



(la'Exk". 

.lark. 

N'Lk'et 

Then 



ydsL t'alt Ai. ts'Kui-loop. ts'Em-bia'qr. liwaL lo'opg'S. 

he put something tied ui in a stone, in a bliilT the the rock, 

away over his liead ^ name of 

Hwi'ii I Sisg"I't ill, gon. 

Weill It is there yet. 



BOAS] TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 15 

4. Tbe (iiiiiit did not know where liis couipuiiioii liad !hom(\ It was 
at the mouth of the Nass river where the Giant had come down, while 
L6g6lK>la' had come down in the darkness at the mouth of Skeena 
river. The Giant went to the mouth of Nass ri\er. It was always 
dark, and he carried the max about with him. He went up the river, 
and ghosts whistled right before him. Then he was afraid. Ib^ 
returned, and therefore the waters of the river also turned back. 

5. He continued to go up th(> river in the dark. A little farther 
up ho heard the noise of people who were catching leaves in nets 
from their canoes. There was a loud noise out on the river, because 
they were working hard. The Giant, who was sitting on the shore, 
said: "Throw ashore one of the things that you ai'e catching." And 
those on the water answered: "Wliere did vou come from, ^ou great 



4. Hwili! Ni'g'it hwila'x's Wi-g'a't tsE hwil d"Ep-a'xk"t. 1 

Well: Not he knew (iiiint where .lowil he eiUiie. 

NlIv'T' ni'g'it hwila'x'L hwil da'ur.L stelt. Hwai! magii'nL '2 

Then not lie knew where he left his eoni- Weill iitihe 

Le'sEuis hwil d"Epa'qLk"s Wi-g'a't. Ni.k"'e maga'TiL K'san 3 

Nass river where .lowii lame <;iant. Then ai the Skeena 

month i.f river 

hwil de-d"Ep-a'(iLk"s Logobola' aL spagait-s(|ii'Exk". Ni,k""(" 4 

where als,, dowii reaeheil Logohola' at in the dark. Then 

g'isi-iii'es Wl-g'ti't aL maga'uL Le'sEms ai, spagait-sqji'exk" 5 

down went Giant to the mouth Nass river at in the dark 

river of 

qanet-hwila k"ui>-yo'guL max. NEk"'et hwaL ([a-g"ig"a'ni,g'e. <> 

always ahi ait he carried the Then he found a little above. 

NiJc'et lo-gitwi'ntji. Uo'lEq ts'a'Elt. TgonL he'tg'e: (Whistle.) 7 

Then in whistle<l .ithosts his faee. This the.vsaid: iWhi-tl.-.i 

NLk"'e xpetsa'Xt. NLk'"e sa-lr)-ya'ltk"t: n^ian liwib. uk's. 8 

Then he was afraid. Then from he therefore it did so the 

there relnrned: waier. 

huX de-lo-ya'ltk"i. a'k-sg'c. '•» 

also on returned the water, 

its part 

5. NLk''e huX iil'et aL spagait-sqii'exk". NLk'T't hwaL 10 

Then ajjain he at in the dark. Then he 

went found 

q'ai'yi^m gng'a'nix'. \Lk""et naxna'L hwil hahii't t"au mok"L 11 

close by above. Then he heard where noise of who catciiin,' 

ia'ns aL g'lksL uks-xwila'gantk" aL SEm-saqalq"e'lEqLt. XLk''e 12 

leaves at otT shore from land roaring and thev were working hard. Then 

to .sea 

d'as Wl-g'a't aL g'lle'lix'. NLk'T- a'lg'ixt: " SEm-tsagam-ma'gaL 13 

sat Giant at inland. Then he said: 'Reallv ashore v. ni throw 

down 

k''a'guL an-hwunsE'mist lave'E." XLk''e tgouL ht"L g'l'k.sg'e: 14 

one what you got to me." Then this said those off 



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liurf Thoy knew that it was the Giant, therefore they made fun of 
iiiiii. The (liant said a<rain: "Throw ashore one of the thinjjs that 
you arc catehing." Then the\- scolded him. Then the Giant said, "I 
shall break the max;" and a person replied, " Ah, where do you come 
from, great liar, and where did you get what you are talking about T' 
The (iiant repeated his request four times, but those on the water 
refused what he asked for. Therefore the Giant l)roke the m&x. It 
broke, and it was daylight. Heboid, boxes floated on the water. The 
ghosts had been fishing in the dark. Then tlu' Giant knew it. He 
did not .see where they went. 

6. Now Txa'nisEm met his brother Logobolfi'. They were going to 
Nass river. They crossed the mouth of the river, and when they 



1 "Dza ndai. La hwtl huX wTtk°L wi-gwix'-qala'mgaL,'" hiit. 

*• Where when beiug again come from great telling fibs," he 

said. 

2 Hwila'x'dct net Wl-g'a't. NiLne'L qan ansgwa'tk"det la'ot. 



They knew him he was 



Therefore 



they made fun 



3 NLk-'e 

Then 



huX hes Wlg'a't: 

asain Mid Giant: 



4 an-hwunsE'mest 

what vdu got 



laye'E. 

to me." 



5 tgonL 



hes 

siiid 



Q tgonL heL 

this said 



Wl-g-a't: 

Giiint: 

g-a'tg-e: 

a person: 



NLk-'et 

Then 

'Ha'one 

■ Later on I 



' SEm-tsagam-ma'gaL 

' Really ashore you throw 

tsagam-ha'k '.sdet. 



of him. 

k''a'guL 
NLk-'e 

Then 



Oza 



be.sL max la'sEm.'" NLk"'e 

tear the for you." Then 

raa.x 

nda LdEmt hwil de-wi'tk^L 

■ Where will have being coming from 



7 wi-gwix*-qalamga'L hii'tsEnL an-he't." 

great telling fibs what talks what he 



8 aL n: 

9 tgoni. 



heL 



g-i'k-.sg-e 

those off shore 

Wi-g-a't. 

Giunt. 



lu'XdcL 

they refused 

HesL m: 

He tore tl 



La txalpxL hes 

(Perf.) four times said 

an-hes Wl-g"a't. 



XLk""e 

Then 



best. 

it tore. 



1(( iiiKsiVx'. Gwina'deL qal-he'nq k'uL-g'isi-lii'k'sit aL 



cluyli|,'lit. 

11 Llo'lEq La 

Ghosts (perf.) 



hwilt 

did so 



spagait-sqii'exk". 

in the dark. 



NLk-"et 

Then 



Wl-g-a't 

Giant 

NLqan 

Therefore 

NLk-'e 

Then 

lax-a'k-s. 

on the water. 

hwila'x's 



12 ^Vl-g■a't. Ni'g'iL g'a'at tse hwila s"ak'sk"t. 

Giatit. Not he saw funcer- where they went, 

tainty) 

l.S 6. Wagait tgonL huX hwil hwi'ls Txii'msEm ta tqal-hwa'L 

So far now again he did so Txii'msEm against lie met 

14 wa'ktge, Logobola'L hwat. NLa dsmt l5-qa'6deiL ts'sm-Le'sEms. 

his brother, L6g6bola' his name. (Perf.) (fut.) in they went in Nass river. 

15 NLk"'e La tsaga-ina'qsk"det aL saXL Le'sEms, Lat hwa'deL selk"L 

Then (perf.) across they wen 



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TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 



17 



reached tlie middle, a fog- arose. Lofirobola' had taken otl' lii.s hat 
and put it upside down in his canoe. Then the fog hiy on the sur- 
face of the water. Txti'msEin lost his way and paddled about; ])ut 
Logobola' did not paddle, he just drifted. Then Txii'msEtn became 
afraid. He called his Ijrother: "Dear Log-obola'!" But Logobola' 
did not answer. He called to him again, and he was nearly cr^nng. 
He called him: "Oh, my good brother!" Then Logobola' pitied him. 
He gathered the fog, took it oli' from the water, and put it in his 
hat; then he put the hat on, and the fog cleared away. Then they 
paddled across. 

7. They camped at Graveyard point, intending to eat there. 
Txii'msEm went to get fuel and to look for water. After they had 
eaten, Logobola' said to his brother, "What are j'ou going to drink. 



ak's, nLk''e a'd'ik"sk"L ie'n. Sa-go'udEs Logobola'L qa'itt. K"'et 

til.' then L-amc fnK. Off took Logobola' bis but. Tbcn 

M-atLT, 

ha.sba'-sg'It. K*'e sg'iL ie'n aL lax-a'k*s. NLk""e q"asba-k\iL-hwa'ax's 

upside he Then lay fog on on the Then astray about paddled 

down laid it. water. 

Txa'msEm. NlIv'^c ni'g'idi hwax's Logobola'; saxg"a'6k's. K''e 

T.\ii'msEm. Then not pa<Ulled Lijgobola'; he was floating. Then 

a'd'ik'sk"L hwil ali'sk^L qa'ots Txii'msEUi. NLk''et etk"s Logobola'L 

<am.- beiiiK weak the Txa'msEm. Then he LoKobula' 

heart of railed 

wa'k"tg--e: "Nat, nat, Log-obolfi'. " An.sego's Logobola'. K''e 

his brother: "My dear, my dear, LO^tobola'. He paid no L6g6bola'. Then 



huX het uL 



:l'esk"t. WuLde wi-ye'tk^'deL het. At'e'tk"L ama' 

lie ealled. .\s though erylng be spoke. He ealled good 



wa'k"tg"e. 

his brother. 



K''e si-go'n, k''e q'a'eL 

Then after a while, then pity of 



qa'ots Logobola'. K''et 

the heart of Ldgoboifi'. Then 



se'wunL ie'n t-.sa'-doqt, t-lo-d'a'tElt aL qa'it. K''et hatsEk'sEm 

he gathered the he off took it lie in put it in his bat. Then once more 



1 a bag 

huX hax's 

again put on 



tog 



Logobola'L 

L6g6bola' 



qa'itt. 

his bat. 



K''e q'anda'uL ie'n. 

Then opened the fog. 



K'e 

Then 



hwfi'xxleL tsaga-ma'qsdet. 

they [jaddled across they went. 

7. Iv'"e dzixdzo'qdet aL Lgo-sgan-me'lik'st aL dEm txa'oxk"det. 

Then they stayed at little tree erab-apple to (fut.) eat. 

(Graveyard point) 

K''et (j'amgait-g'a'as Txil'msEmL ak"s aL he-yu'kL sE-a6'Lk"det aL 



TxiimsEm water while beginning made tirewood 



dEm la'k"det. 

(fut.) their fire. 



NLk''e La txa'oxkMet. 

Then (perf.) they ate. 



NLk-'e 

Then 



Logobola'g'e 

. L6g6bola': 



"Ago'L 

••What 

B. A. E., Bull. ;i7- 



dEm 

(fut. I 



an-a'k'sEu 

drink you 



het ai 

he said t( 

Wl-g'o't; 

Giant; 



ik-t 



mia n 

at foot of 



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Giant? [Are you going to drink from the] roots of little alder trees?" 
After they had eaten, he gave Txa'TOSEm his basket-cup. Txii'msEm 
took it and went toAvard the water, but there was no water in the lirook. 
It was lost. Then Txii'msEui worried. He knew at once that 
Lo^obohi' had caused the water to be lost. He returned. His roice 
Wits almost choked by tears when he spoke: ""Oh, dear Logobola'. 
chief, please don't tease me. I am very thirsty." Then Logobola' 
pretended to drink. He took the basket and he dipped water up him- 
self. Then Txii'msEm drank. Then the flood tide set in. 

8. Then the\' went up Mass river, each in his own canoe. When they 
had gone up to the point where the current runs downward. Txii'msEm 
said, "Let us gamble." Logobola' agreed, though he did not care. 
He asked Txa'msEm, "What game shall we play?" Txii'msEm 



1 Lgwa-lu'i?"' NLk"'e La LaxLa'ExkMet, k''et g'ina'mL qok" 

little alder?" Then when they finished eating, then he gave a basket 

2 ha-a'ksdet. K*'et go'us Txii'msEm. K^'e Lat qa'oL awa'aL ak's. 

their cup. Then took it Txii'msEm. 



3 NLk-'e 

Then 



10 



ni'g-I 



baxL 

ran 



ak"s, gwatk^L ak's. 

-he water. it was lost the water. 



K""e aba'^"ask"s 

Then was troubled 



4 Txii'msEm. K"'et q'amgait-hwila'x's Txii'msEm Logobola' qan 

T.\!i'msEm. Then at once knew Txii'msEm LOgobolfi' on account 



5 gwatk"'L a'k'sg'e. K''e lo-_va'ltk"t. K-"e 

was lost the water. Then he returned. Tliou 



")-k""ilEk''ilii'yimxt aL 

1 he was choked and 



6 he'tg'e: "SEm'a'g'itl Wa'g'i Logobola'! Wa'oral huX sEbEna'Ain 

he spoke: "Chief! brother 1.6g6bol!i'! don't again tease 



7 nCE, La 

me, (pert.) 

<^ Logobolii'. 

L6g6bola'. 



gwalk''L qa'odcE ai. dEUi a'k'seE. 

dry my heart for (fut.) I drink." 



K'"e his-a'k'sk"s 

Then pretended to 



K''et goL qo'k"g"t^. K'"et lEp-g"a'ps Logobola'. 

Then he took the basket. Then self dipped L6g6bola'. 

it up 

9 K''e ak's Txa'msEm, nLk"'e La pta'lik's. 

Then drank Txii'msEm, then (perf.j the water 

rose. 

ts'Em-Le'sEuis niELag'uda't aL 

in Nass river one in each in 



8. NLk-'et 

Then 



La lo-qii'odet 

when in they went in 

(up river) 

IX mmfil. NLk-'et hwa'deL g'ig'e'nix' 

a canoe. Then they reache<l up river 



V2 LCsEms 

Nass river. 



NLk-'e 

Then 



hes 

said 



13 q'am-ana'(Kis Logobolii'. 

without agretd LOgObola'. 

caring 

14 dsm hwil xsa'ndet. 

(fut.) (being) they play. 



Txii'msEiuL 

Txii'msEm 

NLk"'et 

Then 



hwil 

where 

dEin 

(fut.) 



g"isi-ba'xL 

down nin 
river 

xsa'ndet. 

they gamble. 



ak'sEin 

the water 
of 

NLk-'et 

Then 



g'e'dExs Txii'msEm; agoL 

asked Txii'msEm, what 



'DEm qamme'ntsnom. 

"(Fut.) we try archer\-." 



"AmE dzapt." 

"Good make it." 



I L6^dbola"s words are in Tsimshian dialect. 



BOAS] TSTMSHIAN TKXTS IV) 

replied: "Let ushavoashootinyiuiitch."" Lui>'ol)olri' con.spntoil. Tlu'ii 
Txii'msEm prepared a rock, lie .split it that they nii<>ht shoot ;il il. and 
said: •" Whoever hits this crack shall win the j>aiiie, (Mtiier 1 oi- yoii. Let 
us stake Skeena river against Nass river." Lot;ol)ola' aoriM'd. It is 
said that L6o-6bola' had a nice box t'oi- jiis quiver, but Txa'nisKiu just 
made a bow and an arrow. Tiieii hr look two stones on wliich they sat 
down. They talked to each other, and Txil'insEiu wished to sit 
nearest the water. He placed his grandchildren nearby. Logobolfi' 
placed the Canada Jays, his grandchildren, nearby. Now Logobohl' 
said, "You shoot lirst, brother Giant." But the (iiant replied, "No; 
let us shoot at the same time." Then Logoholfi' agreed. Txil'msEm 
said to his grandchildren, the Crows, '" Fly aheadi If my arrow should 
not quite reach the aim, take it up and stick it into the stone, but pull 



NLk'"et dzaps Txa'msEUi lo'op. Sa'o-'ant ai. dEmt lo-guXde'it. 1 

Then miuic Txa'msEm a stone. He split it to (I'nt.) in they sliont. 

"Lig-*i-tna' dEm t'an lo-gu'Xt. ncL dEin xstat. Lig'it ne'E, -2 

"Anybotly ifut.) who in hit, lie Hut.) win. Either 1, 

lig'it ne'En. Deiu ndo'cidEuiL K'san qauL Le'sEms." NLk'"et H 

or you. (Fut.i we stnke .slieeiw ami Nass river." Then 

q'am-ana'oqs Logobolii' hef. K""e sg'T'-gaL ania xpe'isis 4 

without agreed L6gabolfi' he said. Tlien tlu re is 'it is a g.iod ho.v 

enrinfT said 

Logobolii' xpe'isEni aiida-hawi'ltg'e. K^'e ne'est Txii'msEni. 5 

L6g6bohV box liis .|uiver. Tlien none Txii'msEm. 

Q'am-guld-q"al-ts"a'pdEL ha-Xda'k" (|;uii, iiawf'l. NLk"'e doqi, <i 

Only right away he made bou and arrow. Tlien he took 

lo'opg'e k'"e'lp"Ei dEm ha-lc-hwa'ndet. NLk''e La le-hsva'nd(>t. 7 

stones two for their seat,^. 1 hen (perf.i on they sat. 

NLk'^e. h("-yu'k"L g'"ax-na-ara'lg'ixdet. K'"et houkstiyu'ks 8 

Then they began 

Txii'msEm dE-ha-le-d'a't. NLk""e Lat huwa'udEs T.xii'msEmL 9 

Txii'msEm his seat. Then (perfeell they .sat Txa'mslim 

huXda'g'intk"t. NLk""(" det-hwii'ndis Logo})olri'i, ts'asgusgua'c lo 

his grandchildren. Tlien als.i they .sat Ijigol.ola' jays 

de-huxda'g"intk"t. NLk-"e hes Logobola': "AinL k's-(ia'og:ui 11 

on his grandchildren. Then sai.l Log,:,h<.l;i'. 'lonid you first 

his part 

wa'g'i Wi-g'a't." K'"e ni'g'es Wl-g'a't: '•Aiul dEm 12 

brother Giant." Then not he (iiaiit "Good (future) 

sagaTt-k'"e'lr. dEm Xda'goEm." K-'et ifiun-ana'qs Logobola'i, l-'5 

together (future) we shoot." Then without a,i,'recrl L.'.gobola' 

he'tg'e. La g-*i-na'k"L lo-da'uL a'lg'ixs Txii'msEm ai> 14 

hesaid. (Perf.) before long in g'l said Txa'msEm to 

huxdii'g'intgum q'auifil'o: " Deux (j'ai'yim ok'si. de 15 

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out Lr)o;olK)lri'"s arrow and put it awaj-." They did .so. They .shot at 
the same time. A.s soon a.s the brothers .shot, the Crow.s flew ahead. 
Lo^obola' .saw dearly when his arrow .struck the .stone, but Txii'msKUi 
said, '•! hit it."' But Logobohl' .said, ''No; 1 hit it." ''No; I hit 
it." .said Txii'msEm. He was very happy while he was .sayinj^ this, 
therefore he used the Tsimshian laniruajre. Then Luifobola' said he 
knew that he had lost. He saw the Crows taking the arrow and put- 
ting it away, while the\' put Txii'msEm's arrow into the cleft. 
Logoboia' said, "You have won, brother Giant. Now the olachen 
will come to Nass river twice every summer.*' And Txa'msEm .said, 
"The salmon of Skeena river shall alwavs be fat." Thu.s thev 



1 


hawi'lEist ha'". mEdzESE'm k''e 


go'ut, mEdzESE'm 


k-'e 




arrow (exclam.), you then 


uike it, yuii 


then 


2 


lo-he't'Ent ai. tsV.m-lo'obEst. MEdzESE'm k"'e k"si 


-sa'yiL 




ill .stick it at in the stone. 


Vou then out 


pull 


3 


hawi'ls Logobolfi'. MEdzEsE'm k"'c 


.sa-ma'gat.'" NLk'" 


e La 




t lie arrow Lfieftbolfi'. Ymi then 
of 


ofl put it." Then 


(perf.) 


4 


hwi'ldetg'e. AdTk'"e'leL le'duXdeit. 


Q'ai-he-le'duXdeit. 


k-e 




they did ,«o. vVt the !«amc time they shot. 


First be; they shot, 


then 



ginning 

5 leba'yuk"L q'auq'a'6. Q'amgait-g'a'as Logobola' thwil lo-gu'XL 

they flew the crows. Surely sjiw W>^Obola' where in it struck 

Q lo'opg'e. NLk''e iagai-he's Txii'msEm t maLt: "LEp-ne' fan 

the stone. Then however said T.xii'msEm he told: "Myself who 

J lo-gu'Xt." XLk'"e hes Logobolfi': "NeE t'an lo-gu'Xt." 

in struck it." Then snirt Lo^Obola': "I who in struck it." 

y ""A'yin iiE'rio t'lu lo-go'ht.'" Al he'sgusg"e'tk"sEm he'tg'S, 

•No I who in struck it." On ac- he was happy .saying this, 

count of 

<) (|aii het hiix'L a'lg'igEm Ts'Emsa'n. NLk*'e a'lg"ixs 

there- he used the language Tsiiushian. Then si>oke 

fore 

10 Logobolfi' aL Lat hwila'x'L hwil dz'aLt. K'e g'ii'as 

L(')g6bola when (perf.) he knew (verbal he lost. Then saw- 

noun) 

11 Logobolfi' thwil go'uL q'auq'il'uL hawi'ltg'e. K"'et k'si-ma'gat. 

Ij6g6bola (verbal took the crows the arrows. Then outside they put it. 

noun) 

12 K"'et iagai-lo-Lo'odeL hawi'ls Txii'msEm. NLk''e a'lg'ixs 

Then however in they put the arrow of T.'cii'iusEm. Then .said 

13 Logobola': "La xsta'nist wa'g"i Wl-g-a't. Dehi g'e'lb'El 

L6gflbola': '(Pert.) j-ou won brother Giant. (Fnt.) twice 

14 dEm a'd'ikvsL .sak" aL Lc'sEms ai, sint." NLk"'e do-a'lg"ixs 

(fut.) come olachen to Nas.s river in sunuaer. ' Then on said 

his part 

15 Txii'msEm: '"DEm max-t'K.lt'e'lx" han aL K'.san." K""e hwil 

Txii'msEm: ' tl'tu.) all fat the at Skeena." .\t once 

salmon 

< These words are in Tsimshian dialect. 



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divided what Txii'nisKm had won at Nass river. Txa'nisEm was again 
hungry. What should he cat^ Then Logoholfi' went toward sunrise, 
while Txii'msEm went down to the ocean. 

ta. He did still another thing. He heard that the daylight was 
hidden in a box called max. He went to get it. He transformed him- 
self into a leaf of a cedar, and he wished that the chief's daughter 
should be thirsty. The chief's daughter went to fetch water, and 
drank the leaf. Then she was pregnant and had a boy. His grand- 
father was verj- glad. The child grew up very quickly. He crept 
about. Then he began to cry very much. His grandfather won-ied 
because the boy was crying all the time. He said, '"Call an old man. 
Maybe he will understand what he savs." The t)ld niun sat down. 



k"'e ba'sixk"det aL La xsdas Txii'msEm aL Le'sEms. Nl 1 

they separated when (perf.) had won Txii'msEm nt Nass rivt-r. Then 

hwil k''e k'u'i.-Xdax's Txil'msEui agoL dEm g'e'liEt. K''e 2 

(goingi hungry Txii'msEm what (liit.) liis food. TJlen 

about 

La dfi'uLs Logobola' wa'k'tg'e aL yae-ano-hwil k"si-gua'ntk''L 3 

tperf. I left Lugobola his brother to toward out rises 

LoqsL qa'ot. K''e ya'e-lax-mo'onL de-qa'6s Txa'msEm. i 

the sun he went. Then toward the ocean also went Txii'msEm. 

2a. K'"elL huX hwil hwi'ls Txii'msEm. NExna'yiL hwil lo-sg'i'L 5 

One again did Txa'msEm. He heard where in lay 

niEsa'x" SE-hwa'tgut aL max. K-'et qil'ot. NLk''e huX hwil 6 

name of max. Tlieu he went for it. Then again 

hwi'ltg"e aL lo-L6'6tk''L laqs. K'"et boxL Lgo'uLk"L sEm'a'git 7 

he waited the child of the chiet 

for 

aL dEm noom-a'k'st. K'"e hwilL Lgo-wi'lk'siLgum bana'tj S 

to (fut.i desire to drink. Then did so the princess womau 

little 

a'k'sk"tg'e. K-'e tq'al-a'k'sL liujs. K''e o'bEnL Lgo-wi'lk'.siLk". 9 

she got water. Then with it she the leaf of Then was with the princess 

drank a cedar. child little 

K"'et hwaL Lgo-tk""e'Lgum g'at. K""e lo-a'niL qti'ots niye'et. 10 

Then .she found a child bov. Then in was the heart of his grand- 

little good father. 

K-'e la'p'slL masi. Lg6-tk""e'Lk". La k"uL-q:i'Ek'ck"tg'e. wui, 11 

Then quieklv grew the child. When aliout be crawled, 

little 

skwatgui'L wl-v'e'tk''t. K''e aba'o""ask"s niye'et, aL hwil .--1- 1-i 

he began to cry. Then was troubled his grand- Ijccause anew 

father. 

k''a-wi-ye'tk"sL huxdfi'g'int. NLqan he'tg"e: "Wo'ol k''alL 1'"* 

e.xcced- cried his grandsoii. Therefore he.sjiid: •■Invite one 

wi-d'e'sEt dEUi t'an guXi. qiin-he'tg"e.'' K*'e d'uL wI-d*e'sEto-*i ^"*" 

old (lut.) who guess what he speaks." Then sat the old man 

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Now the lioy wuscrviiij^. "lliiiiuihrr" :ill the time. Then the old man 
said to the ehief, •' I thought it was difficult to understand what the 
prince says. He cries for the mux." The ))o.\ in which the daylight 
was kept hanging in the corner of the chiefs house. The child stopped 
crying when he heard what the old man said. The chief took the box 
oli' and put it down near the child, who wa.s Txii'msEra. Then he 
stretched out his hand and clapped the box in which the daylight was. 
Then his grandfather was glad. Now Txii'msKm was playing with the 
box and moved it about in the house. He made it run about in his 
graiidfath(>r's house. On the following morning Txii'msEui rose 
from ids mothers bed. He took the box and played with it all day. 
He went out of the house and made it roll about on the street. He 



1 ar, he'tg'e: "Hamaha'I" Deya'i- Lgo-tk"'e'Lk". Qa'ne-hwila he'tg'e. 

iind hesiiid: "Hamalm!" Thus said the bov .\hvavs he said so. 

little 

y NLk*'e hei- wl-d'e'.stg't aL sEm'a'g'it: "Qaste'l lig'i-qe'tkui qan 

Then said tlie old man to the t-liief: " I thought some- ditliciilt iiow 

what 

?> heL Lgo-wi'lk'.siLk"." de'yai. wuI-d'e's"Kt. "'MiTxE' an-ha'it se!" 

said the i)rinoe/' thus said the old man. '"Sun receptacle' what he savs!" 

little 

4 De'ya ar. hwil lo-sg'i'L mESil'x" au-he't. Msn-ia'gat ai. amo'sL 

Thtis he at where in lay the daylight what he rp it hung at the comer 

said said. of 

5 sEm'a'g'it. K"'e sa-ge'sxk"s Txii'msEm Lgo-tk"'e'Lk"g"e aL Lat 

the chief. Then sud-' stopped Txa'msEm the child when iperf.) 

denly crying little 

() nExna'L heL wI-d'e'sEt. K"'et sii-go'udeL max hwil lo-sg-i'L 

he heani what said the old man. Then o(I they took the max where in was 

7 niEsfi'x". K'*et .sg'c'det ul awa'as Lg6-tk'"e'Lk"g'e Txii'msEm 

the diivlight. Then thev laid it in the proxim- the child T.'Ca'msEm 

ity of little 

s hwi'lt. K"e 1,6'odEi, an'o'nt; at gilgal-t'axt'ii'EL max hwil lo-sg"i'L 

was. Then he stretched his hand; around he clapped the where in lay 

out max 

y niEsii'x'ge. K"'<5 lo-a'mL qa'ots nive'it. Wul .skwa'tguiL 

the daylight. Then in good the heart his grandfather. Then began 

was of 

10 i.i':i.a'ntk"i. max. At-La'ndEs Txii'msEm ui. an-tialfi'qt laEt. 

Ill move the max-. He moved it Txii'msEm at w hat playiiis; on it. 

11 K'T't k'uL-lo-tgo-ba'ant :ii. hwtlps niye'et. K''e huX yu'ksa; 

Theti about in around he made in the house his gmnd- Then again night; 

it run of father. 

12 hc'Luk, k"(" huX g'in-he'tk"s Txii'm.sEUi. wltk"t ai. awa'svs 

ill the morn- then again rose Txii'msEm. coming from the prox- 

ing, from imityof 

13 noxt. K*'e huXt qa'oL max. :il anb'El qalii'qt la'ot aLVl-.sa'. 

his Then again he went the and he played with it at all day. 

mother. after max. 

1 I Qasqii'it de-k'sa'xt aL an-g"a'lEq. At-k"uL-ba'ant lax-le'Hi'Ent 

In the very also he went to outside. He alxiut made to and rolling 

beginning out run im it 



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only pretended to play with it. When he was outside, he took it 
and run away with it. One man saw him and .said, ''Txii'msEui is 
running away with the sun-hoxl" Then Txa'nisEm ran away. He had 
assumed his full size whieh he had when going about murdering. 
Then he ran. 

;")(/. He eame down the river and arrived at its mouth. It was 
dark there, and he heard the ghosts catching olachen at night. 
He .said, "Give me one of the things .3'ou have caught." One 
man replied, "Who is talking there J That is the great Txa'msKm; 
ha, ha, tssil" After a while Txii'msEm .said again, "Give me one 
of the things you caught, or I will tear the sun-box." Then all 
the ghosts .said, "Ha, great slave; you great Scabbj'-sliin! Where 
did vou obtain what vou are talking about, great slave, gi'eat 



lax-qe'nEX. 

on the trail. 



His-huwi'ltk"st 



yuki, 

whilo 



hwilt. K''e 

was doing. Tlien 



de-ba'xt. 

with he ran. 



K''et g'a'aL k'"alL g'at. 

Then saw him one man. 



hwil 



•K"si-dE-ba'is Txa'm.sEm ma'xEist. 

"Out with runs T.K;i'msEm the max. 



ds-ba'xt. K""e hei, g"a'tg"e: 

with run- Then said the man: 

it ning. 

ha'u!" K""e baxs Txii'msEm. 

hi'iu;" Theu ran Txii'msEm. 



Ha'tsik'SEm huX ho'g'igat La waLEn-wi-gesga'ot ai. he-yu'kL 

.\gain also like tperf.) formerly large size while 



wi-gui'x'-su-g"a'tg' 

great expert murdering. 



K-"e 

Then 



ba'xt. 

he ran. 



5<f. 



K'e 

Then 



g-isi-a'qLk^t aL saXL Le'sEms sq'iixk". K''et 

at the month Xa.ss river in the dark. Then 



iiExna't. hwil yu'kt mokL 

be heard (verbal they eatching 



het: 

he said; 

deva'. 



"SEm tsagam-ma'gEL 



Uo'Ie.; 
k-'ii'o 



•lachen at 



a xk g"e, 

night. 



an-liwu'nsEmEst 

what you get 



NLk-'e 

Then 

lame';" 

to us;" 



"Ago'L he'tsEn," deya'r. 

"What is this talking." thus said 



k""alL g"at. "La huX 



wi-Txii'msEm. ha ha'E tssi." Ami, qa-na'gut, k''e huX hes 

the Txii'msEm. hii ha'E tssi." A good while. then again said 

great 

vSeui tsagam-mii'gEL k'ii'guL au-hwu'nsEniEst lame'. 



Txii'msEm 

Txii'msEm; 

Hawinne 

Soon I 

he'det: 

spoke; 

Nda niE 

Where yon 



besL 

tear 

•Tsae' 

■ Tsae' 



max 

the max 



sea take 
ud 

la'sem." 



K-'e 

Then 



sagait-he'L 

together said 



aL 

and 



wI-wu'sEn-amalma'lgum 

big along scabby 



dsmE'l dE-wt'tk"L 

,iut.) with come 



an-ha'nist 



wi-xa E. 

great slave, 



llo'lF;q 

the ghosts 

t'Em-Lii'm. 

leg below knee. 

wi-le'luks?" 

great thiefr' 



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2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

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thief?" And Txfi'm.sEin was angry. He opened the sun-box a little 
and it became light. Behold, large boxes floated on the water and 
capsized. They were the canoes of the ghosts. Then he shut the box 
again, and the ghosts continued to catch olachen. 



1 K-'e 

Then 



sI'Epk°L qa'6ts Txfi'msEm. 

sick was the Txa'msEm. 



K'et 

Then he 



2 q'a'gaL 

he opened 



max. 

the max. 



K-'e 

Then 



mEsa X'. 

I was daylight. 



q a'gaL 

opened 

Gwina'deL. 

Behold. 



max 

the max 



ts'osk"t 

a little 

qaxpe'ist 

blanket boxes 



3 k'uL-g"i'ldEp-qaxa'igut 

about upset capsized 



ai. qa-g'I'Eksit mmalL 



ilo'lEq. 

the ghosLs. 



K'et 

Then 



-t ha'tsiksEm huX hapL ma'xg'e. K"'ot hil'tsik'SEm huX he-yu'kL 



again heshnt the box. 



once more 



5 llo'lEq at, sE-ssl'k't. 

the ghosts made olachen. 



Tx.\':\rsEM 

[1, -1. mill -211 t.ild by Thilip: 2 iiiid S by Moses] 

1. He came to the hou.se of a chief who was asleep. He stood in 
the doorway. The water was in the house of this chi(>f. Then 
Txii'msEiu thought he would steal it. He tore oti' the hark of a rotten 
tree. He chewed it and made it look like excrements. Then he 
entered secretly after he had finished his work. The great chief was 
asleep. Txil'msEm lifted his blanket and laid the excrements next 
to his anus. Then he waked him and said, '"Chief, you soiled 
your blanket." Then the chief awoke and said. ""When did that 
happen?" Txii'msEm repeated, "You soiled 3'our blanket while you 



TxA 


'JISEM 




1. HuX hwa'iL hwilpL k 


■"alL sEniTi'g-'it huw6'qtg-c. K''e 


1 


Again he found the house < 


ine chief' while he .slept. Then 




ts'ElEm-he'tk''t aL a'dz'Ep 


hwil lo-sg'e'r, ak's hwi'lptg'e 


2 


into hephi'-fd at the door 
himself 


where in lay the the house of 
water 




SEm'a'g-'it tgost. K'"e lo 


-a'lg'ixL qats Txii'msEm aL 


3 


the chief tliat. Then in 


said the Txii'msEm to 
heart of 




dEm hwil le'lukst. K-"et 


.sa-bEsbe'sL masL waLEn-ga'n. 


i 


(fut.) (verbiil steal. Then 
noun 1 


off he tore the an old 'tree, 
baric of 




K"'et qe'Ent, sagait-qe'Ent. 


K'"et dzapt aL su-k'oa'tst. 


5 


Then he chewed together he 

it, chewed it. 


Then he made at marie excre- 
it ments. 




SEm-ha'g"ig-ant hwihi dzfipt. 


K'"e q"a'iut.s"En ts"ent aL 


6 


Much lil^e" l.eing he did. 


Then seeretlv been. when 

tered 




Lesk^L dziiptg'e. Huwo'qL wI-sEni"a'g--it. Iv'"et bfitsL gula't. 


7 


he hi.s work While slept th 
finished gn 


e chief. Then he lifted his 
■at blanket. 




NLa Lesk"t sg-'it ai. ts': 


Em-go'ElL sEm'a'g'it. NLk*'et 


8 


When he finished he lay at 


in the anus the chief. Then 





go'ksaant aL he'tg"e: "SEin'a'g'it. yo'goaEL, sipa'nEnseLa," deya'. '.♦ 

he awoke him and said. -Chief. something excrements/" thus he 

has been done. spoke. 

K''e goksk"L .sEHi'a'g'it aL he'tg'e: "'A nclaL hwil hwilL 10 

Then he awoke the chief and said 'Ah where is (verbal hap- 

noun) pened 

an-ha'n.sEne ?" " Yu'goai- .sIpa'nEn aL buwo'ganisLa'E," doya's ^1 

what you siiid?" "It has been your exert-- at while you are thus said 
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were asleep. Shall I clean it I " Then the chief did not say a word. 
He was ashamed. "Do not stir; I will go and fetch some moss to 
wipe it off." TxJi'msEm had already brought some moss for that pur- 
pose. He went immediately to the chief, lifted his blanket, and said, 
" Hm, what a smell that is! " He showed it to the chief after he had fin- 
ished wiping the blanket. Then the chief saw it and l)elieved that he 
had soiled his blanket while asleep. He was much ashamed. Then 
Txii'msEui carried it outside. He entered again and said: '"Chief, I 
am very thirsty."' The water wa.s hanging in the corner of the chief's 
house. The chief spoke, "Go and get the water yourself." Then 
Txa'msEm arose, put his bear-skin blanket on, and opened the recep- 
tacle in which the water was kept. Then he poured it into his blanket. 



"Dfim k'si-d'a'Ldeist ana'?" 

"(Fut.) out I put them hch?" 

Dzaqt hwi'ltg'e. "G'ilo' 



1 Txii'msEm. 

Txii'msEm. 

2 sEm'a'g'Tt. 

the chief. Ashamed at what he "Don't 

he was did. 

3 k""ax-qa'6eL bEla'q dEm ha-g'e'mk"aae."" 

for a I moss (fut.) my wipiUK." 

while go for means for 

4 bEla'qtg'e aL dEmt hax't. K"'e hwil 

moss in (fut.) he .\i ouce 

order uses it. 

5 asa'ei. sEm'a'g-it. K"'et batsL gula't, 

the feet the chief. Then he lifted his 

of blanket, 

6 tsk''L an-hwu'nL sEm'a'g'it tgon." K-"et k-'ax-gun-g'a'adEtg'e 

stench what he has the ohief this." Then for a he showed it 

got while 

7 ar. i.esk"L t g'lmk't. K''et g"a'aL sEm'a'g"itg"e. la'^i-ne't 



K-"e 


nig-1 


xstaltk"!. 


Then 


not 


made noise 


E i.a'ntgun, 


DEm 




move. 


(Fut.) 


K'e 


ia'wait-g'e'ElL 


Then 


already he had 






picked 


k-"e 


hagun 


-ie'et aL 




toward 


he to 
went 


aL he'tg'e: 


"Hral 


and 


.said: 


■Hm! 



when he fin- 
ished 


he wiped. 


Then 


saw it 


the chief. But yes 


8 lEp-g'a'aL 

self saw it 


sEm'a'g'itg'e 

the chief "^ 


Le 

(perf.) 


k-saXt 

his excre- 
ments 


aL huwo'qt. K*'e 

while he slept. Then 


y sEm-dza'qt. 


K-"et k-.si-d" 


a'LS 


Txa'msEm. 


K"'e huX ts'ent aL 


much he was 
ashamed. 


Then out put it 


Txii'msEm. 


Then again he en- and 
tered 



10 he'tg'e: '"La gwalk"L qa'ode aL dEm a'k'scE se sEm'a'g'it." 

said: "(Perf.) dry is my heart to (fut.) I drink chief." 

11 K-"e iax'ia'q hwil wi'tk"L ak's aL amo'st. '"A'm mE dEm 

Then hung where came from water iu the corner. "Better you 

1^ lEp-qa'odESt," de'yaL sEm'a'g'itg"e. K''e hetk"s Txii'msEm at 



Then stood up 



13 tgu-.sri'g-iL 

uround be put 

U lo-ga'tsL 

iu was 
poured 

15 ts'Em-gwis-o'lt 

in hLs bear, 

blanket 



gula't. 

his blanket. 



a'k'sg'e. 

the water. 



Hwil 

Then 



Gwis-o'lL 

Blanket bear 

K-'et 

Then 

k-". 



gula'tg'e. 

his blanket. 



K"'et qYi'^at hwil 

Then he opened where 



lo-bE'lxsEm 



qaq'a'q'ant 

he opened 



k".si-ba'xt 

out he nin 



aL 

and 



he'tg'e. 

said. 



A'lg'lXL 
The talk of 



BOAS] TSIMSHIAX TEXTS 27 

Then he run out ;iik1 uttered the cry of the raven, "•Qa, qa, (ja. (jal" 
He carried the great water, and ran away with it. Then the great 
chief became angrj- and .said. ■"Ahuml Great slave! Scabby-shin! 
He did it. He took all the water." Txii'iusEUi ran aw-ay. It was 
dark while he was running. He could not see ahead, but he heard the 
ghosts whistling near his face. He returned immediately because he 
was afraid. The water was all the time running down from his bear- 
skin, and therefore the water now always runs back to sea. Now he 
arrived at the mouth of Nass river. He was very glad. Thei-efore 
Nass river is now a very large river. 

•2. He went on and made a house of stone. Then he saw a gull 
Hying about. He said, "Whee!" The gulls continued to fly about, 
crying. " Qaq! " The Giant ran about and made small sticks, intending 



qaqL hayis Txa'msEm aL baxt: '"Qa, qa, qa, qa!" i 

the used Txii'msEm while run- "Qa, qa, «ia, qa!" 

raven ning: 

Qanet-hwila yS'guL wI-t"e'sEm ak's at dE-ba'xt. K''e, s> 

Alwavs carrying the great water he with ran. Then 

it 

Lentx' wI-.sEm'a'g'itg'e, aL he'tg'e: "Lhmm! Wi-xa", 3 

angry was the chief, aiul he said: ■■ Ehmra! Greatslave, 

great 

wI-wusEn-amElma'lgum t'Em-Lfi'm. La huX iie'daEL huwi'lt.'" 4 

Kreat along seabs lower leg, iperf. ) again he who did it.*' 

Txa-go'dEL wi-a'k's. K'"e baxs Txa'msEm. BEba'xt k""e sq'axk". 5 

All took he the water. Then ran Txii'm-sEm. While he then it was dark, 

great ran 

K"'e ni'g"it g"a'aL qa'qtg'e as bagait-sqii'xk". SEm-g"itwi'n(]L 6 

Then not he saw in front at among darkness. Much whistled 

lo'lEq q"ai'3im ts*Em-t.s'a'alt: "Hw." SEm-lo-ya'ltk"t aL 7 

ghosts close to in his face: " Hw." Imnie- he returned he 

diaiely 

xbEts'a'Xt. K''e qane-hwila k*si-ba'xL ak's aL gwis-o'ltg'e. S 

was afraid. Then alwavs itut ran the from his bear. 

water blanket 

K""e qane-hwila hwih. a'k'.sg'e gon La hwil gulik's-ba'xs i) 

Then ahvays duessK the water now (perf.) when hack ran 

Txa'msEm. K'e g*isi-a'qLk"t aL Le'sEms. K""e l6-a'mL 10 

Txii'msEm. Then down he at Nass river. Then in good 

river arrived was 

qa'ott, nLqan wl-t'e's Le'sEms gon se. 1] 

his therefore is great Xass river now. 

heart, 

2. iSLk""e huX ia't. XLk""et dzapL hwilpi. lo'op tgo'stg"e. 12 

Then again he went. Then he ma<lc a house of stone that, 

XLk""e tgouL hwils Wi-g'a't. G'a'at hwil k'uL-g"eba'\'ukL qe'wun. 13 

Then this did Giant. He saw i verbal about flew a gull. 

noun ) 

XLk'"e tgouL hes "Wlg'a't: Hfii La nak''L k'uL-leba'yukL 14 

Then this said Giant: Hui (perf.) long about they flew 

xs-qa'6qsk". XLk""e k"uL-ba'xt. NLk*'et dzipdzii'pL sIso'sEm gan 15 

crying qaoq. Then about ran he. Then he made little sticks 



28 



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to jTciinljle. Then the great Gull caiue. They began to gamble. Soon 
they began to quarrel, and the Giant said. ""I guess this stick." The 
Gull did not reply. Therefore the (xiant threw the Gull on his hack 
and stepped onhis stomach. Then the great Gull vomited two olaehens. 
The Giant took them, and the Gull flew away. 

In the evening the Giant made a little canoe of elderberry wood. 
Then he started to gamble. He went down the river and landed at 
the beach in front of the hou.se of a great chief. He took his gam- 
bling sticks and went up. He entered, and many people were in the 
house. They began to gamble. Now, before the Giant landed he had 
rubbed the spawn of the olachen over the inside of his canoe and left 
the tails under the stern sheet. Now he sat down among the gamblers. 



1 aL 



dsm xsant. NLk"'e a'd'ik*.sk"'L wi-qe'wun. NLk''e yukL 

(fut.) gamble. Then came the gull. Then they 

great began 

NLk-'e na-xse'nqdet. Tgoni. hes Wl-g-a't: ""TgonL 

Then each they This said Giant: "This 

other disbelieved 

NLk'^e ni'g'i hcL qe'wun. nii.qan hwili. Wl-g'a't, 

Then nothing eaid the gull, therelore did so Giant, 



2 x.sa'ndet. 

they gambled. 

3 goui'st." 

I guess." 

■i haspa-o'yitL qe'wun 

on his he ' the gull, 

back threw 

ii banL wi-qe'wun. NLk"'et 

the the gull. Then 

belly of great 



NLk'et ma'q.saans Wi-g'a't a.si.sa'it aL 

Then sto<wl Giant his feel on 



NLk-'et 

Then 

da'uLt. 

left him. 

NLk-"e 

Then 



doqs Wi-ga't. 



xse'diL wl-qe'wun t'Kpxa'tL sak'. 

vomited the gull two olacher. 

great 

NLk'"e g'ebfi'yukL qe'wun. NLk''e 

Then flew the gull. Then he 



yu'ksa. 

evening. 



nLk''et dzaps Wl-g"a't 

then made (iiant 



Lgo-ma'lhn 

a little eiinoe of 



NLk-"e 

Then 



si-g'a'tk"t 

he started 



dEm 

(fut.) 



g"itan-xsa'ntk"t. 

started to gamble. 



si-g'a'6tk"t, nLk"'e 

he started, then 



g^isa-he'tk^t. 

down he went. 



NLk-"c 

Then 



XLk-'£ 
Then 



chief, 
great 

ts'ent hwil 

he entered where 



Then lie took gambling-stieks. 



It 
10 

11 hwilpL wi-sEm'a'g"it. NLk''et goL anda-xsa'nt 

12 

13 

1-1 

15 



Hwa'i! 

Well: 

g'ii'ot aL 



lo-hwa'nL 

in were 



wi-he'ldEni 

many 



NLk-"e 

Then 

g-at. 

people. 



^gan-la'ts. 

elderberry 
bush. 

NLk-'e 

Then 

qa-g'ii'uL 

in front of 
the house of 

bax-ifi'et. 



up 



he 



went. 

He-yukL 

They began 



xsa'ndctg'c. 

they gambled. 



TgOllL 
This 



hwTl.< 

did 



Wi-g-a't 

<;iant 



ha6'n g"ig'a'tsk"t. 

before he liinded. 



MEnma'nt Le lanL sak" 

He rubbed on (perf.) spawn ohuhe 



ai, lo-ts"i"i'wuL malt. 



NLk*"et lo-do'xL 

Then in were 



La qa-LJi'tsxt 

(perf.) tails 



uaXL 

under 



qal-x'da'qs. 

tiie stern sheet. 



ennw. 

NLk''e 

Then 



dTit 

he 
sat down 



hwil 
where 



TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 



29 



Then a person said. "" Why don"t you join us;" The Giant yawned. 
''I did not sleep all night. A certain person caught three canoe 
loads of olachen up the river." "La! " said one man, "how should 
olachen get there '. It is not time yet. They will go up six months 
hence." They did not believe the Giant, and said, "You are a liar; 
you are a liar!" The Giant did not at first reply; then he said. 
'"Well, look at the inside of my canoe. Thei'e are olachen tails under 
the stern sheets." The young men went down, and they saw that 
the whole inside of the canoe was full of olachen spawn; and when 
thej^ lifted up the stern sheets they found two tails of olachen. Then 
the youths went up and said, "It is true." Thej- showed the 
olachen tails. Then the great chief said, "Ask Little-captain- 
of-the-canoe, ask Dry-on-boxes-in-which-olachen-is-kept, and ask 



lo-an-xsa'nt. 

in they gambled. 



NLk-'e 

Then 



to-onL heL 



g-at: 

a person: 



'AmL dEm de'-xsan.' 

•■Good n'ut.i also Kiimljle.' 



NLk""e q'axs Wi-g"a't: "Ni'g'i wa'goe aL wi-a'xk". Gulu'I 

Then yawned Giant: "Not I slept at all night. Three 

metk"L ma'la sak* aL mokx k''alL g'at ai. g-Ig'a'nix'." "Lai" De'yaL 

l'\ill canoes ola- and caught one per- at up river." "La:" Thus said 

of Chen son 

g'a'tg'e. "A. aL ndaL dcm hwil witk"L sak" 

a person. "Ah, at where (ft't-) (verbal came olachei 



dEm qan 

ifut.) there- 



a'd'tk^sk^L. 

thev come. 



Hao'n 

Before 



g^idi-sIgo'tk^sL 

it is not vet time 



lax-ha' q"ai-q"a'liL Loqs." 

only six moons. 



Xse'nqdet Wi-g-a't. 

Thev disbelieved Giant. 



"Be'gfun. 



Wl-g-a't. 

Giant. 

ma'leist. 

my canoe. 

NLk"'e 

Then 



NLk'"e to-OUL 



hot: 

he said: 



be'gun." 

you He." 

"Ado'E 



NLk-'i 

Then 



nig' I 

nothing 



hes 6 



sEm-g"a'aL lo-ts'ii'wuL 

'Reallv look in the inside of 



Lo-do'xL 



iaga-sa'k"sk"L 

down went 



LatsXL 

tails of 



sflk- 



k'opE-tk-'e'Lk". 

the little children. 



lo-wusEn-me'tk"L 

in along full 

k'opE-tk'"e'Lk" 

the little children 



mal 

the canoe 

qal-x"da'qs. 

the stern sheet. 



lanL 

spawn of 

NLk-'et 

Then 



aL LaXL 

at under 

NLk-'et 

Then 

sak-. 

olachen. 

do'qdeL 

they took 



qal-x'da'qsist." 8 

the stern sheet." 

g'a'adet hwil !' 

thev saw them (verbal 
noun) 

NLk'"et batSL 10 

Then lifted 

LatsxL .Silk*. 11 

tails of olachen 



t'Epxa't. NLk''e bax-Lo'odet. NLk''e tgonL heL k"opE-tk'"e'Lk": 12 

two. Then up they went. Then this said the little children: 



SEm-ho'daast." NLk''et gun-g"a'adeL Le 

"It is true." Then they them to (perf. 



LatsxL sak'. NLk''e 13 

olachen. Then 



tgonL 



heL wi-SEm'a'g"it: 

said the chief: 

great 



the tails 
of the 

W6I G'e'dexL Lgo-mEn-xsia' meg-'e 14 

■Wol .\sk Little-master-of-boat and 



30 BlRfWU UK AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BrLL..27 

Grease-that-is-stickinof- to -thc-;>tone.s- with- which -the-tish-are-boiled. 
See what the3-sa3-." Then the person went to a^^k them. He was sent 
by the chief. They all agreed. Then the chief ordered the men 
who were standing in the four corners of his house to break the cor- 
ners. They did so. Then the olachen jumped into the water. The 
Giant ran down to the water. He stepped into the water and shouted, 
telling the olachen to go into the river. He said, "(to up on both 
sides of the river." Then he came to a house. Many people were 
catching olachen. Then they gave fish to the Giant. He jiut the 
olachen on spits to roast them. 

When they were done, a gull appeared over the Giant. Then the 
Giant called him: " Little Gull! " Then manv gulls came, which ate all 



1 


g-e'dExs Le-lerEnk-sim lax-nisa'n. 

Oik On- dry- box-for-keeping- 


meg"'e 

and 


g'e'dEXL 

ask 


dza hes 

what says 


2 


Tq'al-16'6p."' 

Againj:t-stones." 


NLk''e iii'L g'a'tg'e. 

Tbfii wont a i.i-rson. 


He'dziL 

He sent him 


sEm'a'g-it. 

the ehiel. 


NLk"et 

Then 


3 


ana'qdetg'e. 

tliey agreetl. 


NLk"'et gun-ia'tsL 

Then he him 


sEuva'g'it. 

the chief. 


M En-he 

f,. he 


'tk"t aL 

st.H,d at 



cansed to ehop 

■t amo'L hwilpt. TxalpxL amo'L hwilpt. NLk*'et ia'tjSL g'a'tg'e. 

the his house. Four corners of his house. Then chopped the man. 

corner of 

5 NLk""e XIuXl sak' aL ts'Em-a'k"s. K"'e iaga-ba'xs Wl-g"a't. 

Tlien burst the at in the water. Then down ran Giant, 

olachen 

6 NLk''e lo-ha'tk"'t lo-j'o'xgUL ak's aL wl-amhe't. At ma'LL 

Then in- it in it went the water and he shouted. He told 

side stood 

7 La k'si-ha'tk"L sak". TgouL hes Wl-g'a't: '■Lax-lo-liy6'xk''tEst 

(perf.) out stood the This said Giant: " On both in they go 

olachen. sides 

8 ha'wu!"' NLk"'e lo-a'qLk"t aL hwil hetk"L hwilpt. XLk'"et 

hawu!*' Then in he arrived at (verbal stood his house. Then 

noun) 

9 mokL wi-he'ldEm gatL siik". Nildc'l hwil xwava'msis 

caught many people olachen. Therefore (verbal olachen that 

noun ) is given away 

10 Wl-g"a't. NLk"'c dzapL gan-x-qanii'qt. NLk'"et le-do'xL sak*. 

Giant. Then he made stick for first Then on he put olachen. 

olachen eaten. 

11 NLk"'et La dsm a'nuksL sak\ NLk'"et le-liy6'xk"L qe'wun 

Then (pcrf.) (fut.) were done ■ the Then on came gulls 

olachen. 

12 lax-o's Wl-g"a't. NLk''e tgonL hes Wl-g'a't. Lo-se-hwa'deL 

ontopot Giant. Then liiis said Giant. In he called 

13 Lgwa-gago'm. NLk""e ad'a'd"ik"sk"L wI-he'ldEui qe'wun fan 

little gull. Then came many gulls which 

1 The chief's wonis are in Tsimshian dialect. 



BOAS] TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 81 

the Giant's olacheu. They said while they were eating- it. ■"(Janii'. 
qanii', qanii', qanii'I" They eried .so all the time while they were eat- 
ing the Giant's olacheu. Then he was sad. Therefore Ih^ took th(> 
galls and threw them into the tireplaee. and ever since that time the 
tips of their wings have been l)lack. 

3. He went on and met a deer. He killed it and skinned ii. lie 
put the skin on. Then he fastened pitch wood to the tail. Xow he 
entered the house of a person, and when he saw the tii-eplace he 
ran toward it. The pitch wood at the end of the deer's tail l)egan 
to burn. The name of the person was Qannene'lEguLXLo. He was 
ice(?). Then the Giant sang as he entered, ''? ? V Thus he spoke. 
When he had tinished singing, he ran out. He ran about among the 



dzaL x-cianii'qs Wi-g"a't. TgonL hcL (^e'wun Lat g"i'pdet 1 

Cxiant. This viid theifulls when Ihey ute 



x-qanii'qs Wi-g'a't: "Qanii, 

the first olachen Giant: ■■Qana. 
of the sea-son of 


qanii, 

qan;l. 


(latiii. 

■ lan-i. 


qanii." Helti. hcL 

cian;;.- Much said 


2 


qe'wun cka'LcleL x-qanii'qs 

the gulls they ate all the first olachen 
of the-season of 


Wl-g-a't. NLk- 

Giant. Then 


'e .si'Epk"i, qa'ots 

sick was tlie heart 


■4 


Wl-g-a't. NeL c^ant sagait- 

Giant. Therefore together 1 


-do'qL 

he took 


qe'wun. 

the gulls. 


Lo-d"a'Ldet aL 

In he ynit them at 


i 



ts"Em-an-la'k"; neL qan xLip-t"est'o'tsk"L qaq"a'ix"L qe'wun. 5 

in the fireplace; therefore at the are black the wings of the gulls, 

ends 

>i. NLk''e huX iii'et. NLk""e tq'al-hwa'dEL wan. XLk''et ti 

Then again he went. Then against lie found the deer. Tlu-n lie 

d2;ak"t. NLk'"et tsa'odet. NEk'"e tq'al-da'k'Li, .sg-ini'st aL 7 

killed it. Then he skinned it. Then against he tied pitchwood at 

k'o'ukt. NLk-'e ts'ent aL hwilpL k'TilL g'a'tgv Lfit S 

his tail. Then he entered in the house fif one j.erscn wlu-re 

he 

hwaL q'apL lak". NLk''(" tgo-ba'xt. NLk""e meLL sg'ini'st !* 

found the end of the fire. Then around lie Then burnt the pitch- 

ran, wood 

aL k'o'ukt. TgonL hwiU. ii'dz'EpL g'a'tg"e. Qanuene'lEguLXLOL 10 

at his tail. This did the door iif the person. Qannene'lEguLxi.oL 

hwa'tg'e, dii'ut go'stg'e. Nlhcl qan Ic-'mix's Wl-g"a't aL Lfi 11 

his name, ice was that. Therefore sang Giant when ' perf. i 

ts'ent. TgonL le'mix"tg"e: "G'il-spagait-ne'eti g'il-spagait-ne'efi.''" 12 

he entered. This he .sang: ( .' ,i i .' ; 

deya'. Hwii'i! NLk''i; qa'o-clEL le'mix'tg'e. Hwii'il NLk'"e 13 

thtlshe Well! Then was finished his song. Well' Then 

said. 

k'si-ba'xs Wi-g'a't. NLk"'e k"uL-ba'xt aL spao-ait-ganga'n. 1-1 

out ran Giant. Then about he ran at among trees. 



32 BURKAU OF AMKRICAN ETHNOLOGY [bill. 27 

trees and struck the tail against the butts of the trees. Then the butts 
of the trees caught lire. He went on after he had obtained the tire. 

4. Now he came to a chieftainess. and they ate together. He ate all 
the provisions of the chieftainess. He was angiy and threw away the 
salmon, and then all the salmon which he was going to eat ran away. 
After that his head became ugly, while it had I)een very nice when he 
lirst met the chieftainess. After that it was ugly." 

2n. Txii'msEUi did another thing. He induced the oluchen to come 
to Nass river. He entered the house called Supernatural place 
or Tabued place. There were many people inside gambling. 
Txa'm.sKm heard them. He was very hung/y. He found a small her- 
ring. Then he scjueezed out its roe and rubbed it all over the inside 



1 NLk''et k'uL-hisya'tsL k'o'ukt aL qame'nL ^nga'n. NLk*'e 

Then about he struck his tail at the foot of the trees. Then 

2 mELme'L qame'nL ganga'n. XLk"'e huX iii'et aL Lat 

burned the foot of the trees. Then again he went to (perf.) 

3 k"si-daa'qLk"L lak". 

out he obtained fire. 

4 4. K'"et hwaL hwil d'fiL k""ali, sig'idKmna'q. NLk'^e 

Then he found where wa,< one chieftainess. Then 

5 stik'*si'61tk"t; at g'ipL wunii'x". HuX dzaLL wunii'xx 

they ate together: he ate the fo<Ki. .\gain he ate all the food of 

6 sig"idEmna'q. NLk^'et aniTi'lEgiXL ha'ng'e. NLk"'e ksi-ho'L 

the chieftainess. Then he threw nwa.v the salmon. Then out cs- 

in anger caped 

7 han La (Ikiii g"e'ipdetg"e. NLk""c a'd'ik"s hwil had'a'xk"L 

the iperf.i {lai.i he ate them. Then came being bad 

salmon 

8 t'Em-qe'st. K''e La k"'ax-a'm-gaL t'Em-qe'st at he-hwa'L 

his head. Then (perf.) before good it is his head when begin- he 

said ning found 

9 sig'idEmna'qg'e. K''e ha'ts'ik'SEm had"a'xk"t gon.' 

the chieftaine-ss. Then once more it was bad now. 

K) 'In. HuX k"'el hwil hwi'ls Txii'msEm dat k'.soho'k"sL sak* 

Again one did Txii'msKm when he induced to the 

come olachen 

XI aL ts'Ein-Le'sEms. K"'e ts'ent ul hwilpL SpE-nExno'q. 

to in Xass river. Then he entered the house of the magic 

place of power. 

12 Spri-waLk"L hwat. K""e lo-hwa'nL he'klEui g"at liit. Xsa'ndet. 

Place tabu Ls its name. Then in were many people in it. They were 

of gambling. 

13 K'^et naxna's Wi-g*a't aL sEm-xda'xt. K'et hwaL k'ii'guL 

Then heard Giant very hungry. Then he found one 

14. Lg6-.sg'a'n. K"'et k'SE-da'miksL Ifint. K"'et lo-wusEn-mEnma'nt 

small herring. Then out he squeezed its spawn. Then in- along he rubbed it 



< This is an allusion to the legend about how the raven obtained the salmon. Sec Uuas, Indianische 
Sagcn Ton dcr nord-paciHschen Kuste Amerikas, Berlin, 1895, pp. 160, 174, a)9. 



TSIMSIIIAN TEXTS 



33 



of his canoe. Now he arrived on the beach in front of Super- 
natural place, where the people were gambling. Then 'rxil'msKin 
said, shaking his large blanket, which was all wet, "Ehi-hi-hi! Water 
dropped on me from Txa'msFim's bag net." Then the chief said, 
'•Where does that come from that you are speaking of, Giant?" 
"Yes; the canoes are full. They caught olachen with their rakes 
last night." " Ahl Txii'msEm is lying." "Go and look at my canoe." 
The young men went and saw what he had spoken of. Then they 
believedhim. They saw olachen spawn in Txil'msEm's canoe. Then the 
chief said, "What do these great fools, the olachen, come here forT' 
There were persons sitting in the corners of the house who held the 
strings of olachen. They took care of the olachen in the corners 
of Supernatural place. The chief said to them, "Let go what you 



ai, malt. K"'e k''atsk"t ai. (ja-g'a'uL SpE-nExno'cjg'e, hwil 



nil his rallOf. Then 

lo-d"a'i. xsant. 

in sill thev gam- 

bled. 

txa-a'k-sk". 

all wel. 



he landed at ihe beach in front the magic power, where 

of the house of place of 

><Lk''e hes Txii'msEm luXlo-'wul wl-gula't 

m- Then said Txii'msEui shaking his blanket 

large 

He'tg"e: "E'hihihihi." deya'. Le-he'tgut neE 

He sjiid: ■•E'hihihihi," thus he said. On stood on me 



im-k 'sax-Le'siL Txii'msEm. 

Txa'msEin. 



iiiily drippings of 
bag net of 

hwTI witk''L 



an-hii'nsEn 



K-'e a' 

Then 

Wi-o-a't. 



"ixi, 

id 



■<Em a'g"it: 

the chief: 



••A nd; 



Ah 



vher 



i-k""edu't aL g"i-a'xk"." "A, bek" 

hose thev at last night." ■■.\h. he tells 



■"A neL mix'ma'yiL 

■Oh. yes they are full 

(canoe.s) 

Txii'msEm." "Hwii'i! Ado', 

T.Kii'msEm." ■■Well! Co, 



sEUi g"a'aL ma'lEist. 

) 

Wl-g-a't. 

Giant. 

Wl-g-a't. 



(plur.t 

an-he 

what sa 

ma Is 



K-'e 

Then 



[•"e k'si-La'oL 

hen out walked 

■;Em-ho'tk"sdet. 

thev believed him. 



(j'aima'tisit; at g'a'adet 

the vouths; they saw 



(x'a'adeL lanL 

They saw spawn 



Giant. 



NLqan 

Therefore 



sp..ke 



sEm'a'g'it 

the chief 



aL 

and 



iiik- aL 

cjla- in 

hen 

he'to"e: 



"TsE na-'gat g'e'En aL wud'a'x ax-tiaga'odEtg'e aL g'ltwuya'n 

"To he give food the great fools of early olachen 
whom says 

as huwi'lt." NLk''e a'lgnxt aL g'at lo-mEn-hwa'nt aL amo'st. 



thev did 



Then 



hes 



the 
people 



sitting 



t'an dExdo'qL dexdii'EdEL 

who held the strings of 



siik-. 

the 
olachen. 

he'tg'e 

said 



Lo-mEn-hwi'lt. 

In up they did it. 



iilaehen, 

ax "'amo 

the corners 



sL SpE-nExno'cj. 



■sEma'g'it 

the chief 



tgost : 

that: 



B. A. E.. Bull. 



-02 



•Qalix'le'L 
3 



place of power. 

in-hwu'nsEmEst." 



deya'. 

thus he 

said. 



11) 
11 

.sak', mELi-k''a'lL g'at fan haba'ElL 12 

13 
14- 



NLqan 

Therefore 



:u 



BrRK.M- (IF AMERICAN KTH.NtiLOGY 



[BILL. 27 



arc holding." Then these men did so. Four of them were sittiiij^ in 
the corners of the house. As soon as Txii'insEm heard him say 
*' Let <ro." he ran out to his little canoe. lie paddled, and took his 
olachen rai<e. He said. "They ■'■o uj) on both sides of the river." He 
was \cry ulad. 'I'lien h(^ went to eat oiachen. His canoe was (juite 
I'liil. Uc ha<l not used his raite, l)ut the whole shoal of oiachen had 
jumped into his canoe, so that it was full. 

ThiMi he camped at C'rat)-apple place. Heclapped on tiie >tuiic until 
it wa,s (juite smooth, that the oiachen should not disappear. Then he 
wa,s very i(lad. He stayed a little farther up Nass rivci-. He made 
a spit for roastinif oiachen in order to prepare them for his meal. 
When the oiachen were almost done, he said to the j^-ull that was 
.sitting opposite him, "Come, Little Gull." The gull came and ate 



K-"c 

Then 



huwi'li. 

they did so 



g-a'tg-e. 

the pL'oplf. 



Txalpx<la'Klg'e lo-niKn-hwa'nt 



ax''amo'st. Lguthe' nExna's Txii'msEm t'ei.xs: "Qale't." hwil k''e 

the corncrv. Immedialely lu'urfj Txii'msKin slioiii: *■ I.ei pn." ni ..ucr 



baxt. 

tie run 



At ((il'oL 
He went 



hwil 



liwax't. 

he paddled. 



At 



g(,) UL 
tcK>k 



4 ha-k"'eda'tg'e, 



lax-lo-ll6'xk''tEst hii'wu 



T.go-ma'lt 

little hi.« then 

canoe; 

K'*e he'tg"e: "Hou, 

the rake for Then he said: "Hon, on in they (to hfi'wii 

oiachen. both sides 

de'va aL hisgu.sg"e'tk"st. K"'et tia'oL dEiui. hwil gipL 

thus he and he was glad. Then lie wiiit - fill i being eating it 

said I" 

.sa'ak'L l5-me'tk"t ai- ts'Eiii-mfi'lt. Nig'it U'"ax-h:Vx*i, ha-k""edii' 

oiachen in full in in his canoe. N<tt he used the rake 

lEp-lo-q("'ni;xk"i, an-g'a'.siui Lgo-ma'lt. K"'e metk"t at. sak'. 

.self ill fiillin!; a shoal little canoe. Then it was full of .ilachen. 



K-'.-' 



La dzoqt at, i,go-.sgan-meik'st. nL hwil hwi'lt. faxfa'aL 

vhen hestiiyed at little erab-apple then he did >o, he dapped 



lo'op. K"'e sEm-ia'i-k"i. lax-o'L lo'op op tsE 

the stone. Then very slippery the top of the stone that should 



'utg"wa'otk"L 

be lost 



sak" (jan hwt'lt. Taxt'a'ai. l(')'()p, nujan het aL lo-da'ui,t 

the there- he did .so. He clapped the stone, therefore he said where in he went 
oiachen fore 

at- ts^Em-Le'sEms. K'"e sEm-lo-a'mL i(a'i)tt. NLk'"e huX dz<)qt 

to in Na.ss river. Then very in good his heart. Then agiiin he stayed 

at. gige'nix- sii, Lt^'sEuis. K"e dzapL gan-x"qan!i'«|tg e aL 

at up the river at Na.ss river. Then he made a stick for roasting to 

ge'tiKt. K't" i.a dEm fi'nuksL 

his food. Then when ifut.t eookeil 



(Ieiu hwil a'nukst. 

((ul.) iK-iiig co..ked 



sak' dEin 

the fnr 

oiachen 



.sflk-. 

the 
olache 



k-'o. 



hf-'tg-e 

lu- said 



([c'wun qa g"i'ik".sit: " Lo-sE-hwa'ldc 

the gull opinwite him: "In do I 



BOAS] TSIMSHIAN TKXTS 85 

one ohichon. He ci-ird. " (^Juiiii'. c|;in;i'. (|iin;i'. (piini'!"" ThiMi iiiaiiy 
i;-iills came <ind ate all the olaclifii. Now 'rxii'insHiii \\a> >ail. He 
took the gulls and threw tlieni into tlie tire])lace. Thus il happms 
that their winsjs are black. 



Lgwa-gagu'ni."' K"'e a'd'ik",sk"i, (le'wuu. K"'et ha'ts'ii, k'"a'<;ui. 1 

litth- ■ .seHgnll." TlK-n fame thcirull. Thull li.> l.il ..t„. 

sfik'; at o--eipt. "(Jaiiii'. i|ari;i'. iiaufi', iianii'."' iv'"e a'crik'sk"!, _ 

olilclK'li; lu- lite it. ■■Qiill:i'. .|""-i'. Mii'iu', ipniii'/' Tluii .■am.- 

he'ldEm qe'wun. K""e dzai.i, lie'ldian sak\ K''e sI'Kpk"i. ,'i 

many gulls. TIumi lliry ale laanv ulaclK-n. Tlu-n si.'k WH.M 

it all 

qii'ots \Vl-o'a't. K"'e docji- ([("''wun. K''r't Id-tialu'ksi, 4 

tin- Heart i.f <;iant. Then he tniik iheKuHs. Then m he llirew 

them 

ts'Eui-an-la'k"; nuian t"Est'o'tsk"L ((aq'a'ix'L (le'wun: hwil hwi'ltg-e. 5 

in the (ire- therefore hliiekiire the winif.s of the gulls; it liai'iunefl so. 

place; 

1 These words are in Tsimshiau dialect. 



Txa'aisem 

[117 t.)l.l liy Philip; Is u> -M and :i<i toirt by Most< 

1. Tlicic was a chief who had a daughter who swallowed a leaf of a 
cedar when driiikinjr water. Then she had a pretty child, a lioy. The 
child was ableto walk, biithedid noteat. Then his jirandfather worried. 
He called two old men to chew some food for the child. The two old 
men did so. They chewed some salmon and gi-ease. and t)ne of them 
scratched a scab from his shin. He put it among the salmon that he 
had chewed. Then the child ate what the old man had chewed: he 
site very nuich. In the evening he ate one .salmon in the house of his 
grandfather. He was hungry all the night, after the two old men who 



Tx.a'msem 

I 1. K'":lli. sKui'a'g'it. rii,k'"e i.go'ui.guiM hana'([ t'an tqal-a'k'SL 

One rliii-f. thfii achil.l iVmale wh.. lirank 

- Ukjs, nLk""e ui rrd'ik"sk"t di;mt hwil hwaL ama i.go-tk""e'Lk". 

n leaf of a then (pcrf. ) canu' U"') where she finds a boy. 

cedar, good 

•^ Ni,k""e Lat hwa'tge. NLk'"e ui k"uL-ic'ei. i,go-tk'"e'Lk". k"'e 

Then (pcrf.) she fonnd it. Then iperf.) about went the tx)y, then 

4 ni'g'i yo'6xk"i. i.go-tk''e'i,k". K"'e sEuigal aba'g'ask"i. nie'et. 

not ate the boy. Then much was troubled hisgrrand- 

fatber. 

o NLk''et huwo'oi. bagade'li. wud'ax-g'ig'a't dKiii t'an qe'EndEXL 

Then he invileil tw.i old men (fut.i who ehewed for 

6 i.go-tk'e'i.k". Ni.k""e i,a hwili, t'est'e'stg'e. Nui yukt qe'EndeL 

the boy. Tlien iperf.) they the old men. When begin- they ehewed 

did so ning 

7 ha'ng'i^. tijal-qe'Eiidet aL felx'. Ni,k'"et sa-t'a'qL ama'lgum 

salmon, with it they ehewed of grejise. Then off he a scab of 

scratched 

8 t'Ein-T.a'mt k'a'ltge. XLk"'e tqal-hu'ksaant ai, qe'Eiit hantg'e. 

his U'K below one man. Then with it placed of he his salmon, 

the knee Willi il chewed 

!) K*"et g'd'ipi. T.go-tk"'e'Lk". Nei. sEm-k's-qa'gum qe'Entg'e. 

Then ate it the buy. That very tirst he chewed. 

1(1 K'"e hwil k""e yo'oxk"t ai. wI-t"("'sKm yo'oxk"t. Dzaix k'"a'gui. 

At nnei' lie at, and greatly he ale. He ate nil one 

11 han ai. heyu'ksa. llwtl hwi'ltg'e ai. hwilps nie'et. NLk""e 

salmon in (he evening He did so at thchon.se his grand- Then 

of father. 

li' Xdax't wi-a'xk" i,a ksi-sa'k'sk"i. t'est'e'stg-c t'an qe'Endaxt. 

be wa.s all night when out started the old men who ehewed 

hungry for lum. 

36 



BOis] rsiMSniAN TEXTS 87 

had clit-wcd t'or liiiu Icfl the liuusc. 'I'hcn In- did not sI(m>)). hut he ;itc 
until tile day l)iokf. Now hi> urandfatlicr was n-lad; Iml the l)oy atr 
all day. and after a >liort time all tlic food was o-onc Then lie ate all 
the provisions in another house, and he ate all the proxisions of the 
wholo villae-e. Then his ei-andfalher was Irouhled. lie wanteil to 
get rid of him because he knew that the hoy had done wrone-. lie 
said. '"^ly <;-randehild has eaten sealis of 'Wa'sK. therefore I will e-et 
rid of him. (io. slave, and tell the trihe." The sla\i' ran out and 
said, ""(ii-eat tril)e. you shall nu>\c to-uioridw mornine."" ( )n the 
followino- morning the people moved. They deserted the ))iinee. 
'2. What was he to eat? He w(Mit tow;ird the heaeli seanhiiie- for 
some food, hut he did not find anvthine-. Hehold. thei'e was a tish in 



K""e hwil lv'"e' q"ameait-ni<i'i wo(|t ai, yo'o.\k"t. K""e [ 

At nil,,- in,;r,_. not hi- slf).l an.l In- ate. Tlu-n 

wagait hwil niKsa'x'. k'"c lo-a'iuL qats nie'et. K""e 2 

until lifiiiK <lavlight. then in good heart his graiul- Tlien 

father. 

yo'o.\k"t at. txane'tk"!. sa, ai, t'e'sEm yo'oxk"t. K"'e ni'g'i :{ 

he ate at all <lay. and nmeh he ale. Theti not 

laltk"i. wuna'x'. k'N" (pVodEt. lv'"et q'al-ha'L wuna'xi. 4 

slowlv food, then hi' linished il. Then he ate in the food of 

..Iher houses 

(ial-ts"a'p. K-'e ha'tsik'SEm ali'sk"!. qa'ots nie'et. Nr.k''e .5 

the people. Then onee more was weak the heart his grand- Then 

of father. 

hasa'qs uie'et (U:mt sa-mii'gat aL at hwila'x'i, hwil t; 

he desired his grand- ifnt.) off he put at he knew tieing 

father him 

had'a'xk"i. hwt'ltg'e: *'X-ama'lgwaxdKL Wa'sE huxd;l'k""EneE, 7 

bad he did: "Eating scab r»f Wa'sE my grandson. 

qaii hwilt. Wagait dEm sa-ma'(|deE gon. Ado'. xa'El .s 

there- he dots so. Until l?) (fnt.l olT I put him now. Co. slave! 

fore 

iiia'LEL at, (lal-ts'a'p."' NLk""e k"si-ha'xi. xa'Eg'e: "Tse lok"- 11 

tell to theoeople." Then out ran the slave: "To 

gat ne'sEin ts'efaLa'k". wltsa'p ((■am-ht"'Luk"." K'"e luk"i. lo 

he ye to-morrow great j.i'ople .,nly morning." Then moved 

.says 

ts'ap. K'"et k"sta'qsdei, i.go-wT'lk'sii.k". K'"e g'ina-dTi't. 11 

thepeo- Then thev oeserted the prune. Then hehind he was, 

pie. 

2. Ago'i. dEm g'e'bEt^ K'"e" k'ui.-ie'et ai. ((a-g'a'ui. li' 

What 'fut.i his food? Then about he at in front of llie 

went hiMIMs of 

qal-ts'a'p, ai. k'uL-g'ig'e'Ei. dEm g'e'hEt. K'"e ni'g'it Invat. !•'> 

the town, to about l~e searehed (fut.i his fiiod. Then not he 

f..und ii. 

Gwina'deL. lo-hwi'lEm ts'Eiii-a'k'si, ya'at. hwil ain-e-a't. 14 



88 



Kl'KKAL' OF AMKKICAN ETHNUIAKJY 



the water. It was not nioviiifr. Then he c-allod it ashdi-i' to talk to it. 
Tilt' lish came toward the shore. Its name was Hullhead. The 
prince thought he would kill it. Now it was almost within reach, 
but it .swam back into the water. Then the prince was much 
depressed because he was hunj^rv. The Hsh knew his intentions. 
It swam back from the shore sayinjf. "■ Do j-ou think I do not know 
you. Giant r" Then he acted as thouf^h he were takinj;- hold of the 
imafre of the tish. and. stretchinjj- out his hand, said, "You shall have 
a thin tail. Only your head shall be thick." Then it became the 
Bullhead. The Bullhead used to l)e remarkably stout. '{"xii'msEm 
cur.sed it. and therefore it is thin at one end. 

3. Then the prince put on his <frandfather"s dancinu- blanket. He went 
on. not knowing where he went. He tore his dancing blanket and was 



Xi.k'"e tsagam-wo'ot 

Tli.li iishVirt- llCfulle.1 



ai. (ii;ni (lKd;VlK(|t. NLk''e tsagam-yu'kL 



S) 


lo-hwi' 


lEm ts'Eni-a'k".sge. 


Mas-q'ayfi'ii. hwat. 


Ni.k-'e heL 




ill beine in water. 


Bullhead was it.s name. Then .«aid 






ithefish) 






3 


qa'ott 


dEm dza'k"tg-e. 


NLk"'e i^i yuki. 


dEmt go'ut. 




his heart 


(fm.) he killed it. 


Then (i>crf. 1 he 
began 


■ flit. - he took it. 


4 


K-'e 


.sa-uks-t.s'En-x"k"'a'xk"t 


Ni.k''e sEm^al 


gwii'EL qaL 




Then 


oil out leaving it escaped, 
to sea 


Then very 


poor wa.s the 
heart of 


5 


LgO-Wl 


'lk"siLk" aL Xdax't 


qan hwi'ltge. NLk''et hwihl'xx 




the prime on ac- his hunger 


there- he was so. 


Then knew 




little 


count of 


fore 




(J 


lo-hwil 


Em ts'Ein-a'k'sg'ei. 


(ja'odEtg'e. K""e 


sa-uks-l6-va'ltk"t 




ill l>einv.' in water 


his heart. Then 


oft out it returned 






ilheti.'ih) 




to sea 


1 


ai. 


a'ig'ixtg'e: " Na 


t":in ax-hwTlfi'y 


in. Wl-g-a't!"' 




ali'l 


s.iid: -Who 


will. not knows yo 


11. Giant!" 



■our head end 



!S K-'v hwil k-"et pElEm-go'dEi, i.a ha'yukt ai. na'k"stg-e. 

\t iinie lie acted he tiKik the image by sircichiiig out 

lus though his hand. 

'•' •■ lloo'ksvtiVune as gost, tsE k""e lo-g'igi'sk"i, iin-(|ala'nEiu. 

■ Out t«> while' you to there, then small at one end hind end. 

sea go" 

1<" Ksax-wI-an-tV.m-qe'sfm tsE dEd'a't." K-"e hwlli. ma.s-q"ayii'itg-e. 

11 

1-' a'lg-ixs 

the wortl ., 

13 

14 (i'asba-sa-k"ui.-ie'etg-e. Ni.k'"f 



Liks-g'a't-gai. 

Kemarkably il is 
said 



n-f(VXi. 

stout KIIS 



mas-i| aya itg'e. 

Ihcbuilhend. 



Then 



hwil 

being 



the bullhead. 

had'a'gam 

bad" 



3. K- 



Txii'msEm 

Txii'msKiii 

ie'et. 



lilt. 



(i:in hwili, lo-g"igt'sk"t. 

iliere- being small at one eiiil. 



gula'iL guis-haUii'ts 

he put on blanket shninan'! 



nie'etg'e. 



K"e 

Thcn 



ic et; 

he went: 



M 

aslrny olT about he 



sEm-gwa EI. 

very poor 



hwflt ai. 



i,a srwasi. 



iiini iperf. ) be tore 



»>^M TSIMSHIAX TEXTS 39 

very ixxir. Tlicii he c;iut;'ht a luimhcr of ravt'iis. and ummI aii\- means 
he could invent to kill thoiii. He took their skins and tied them 
tocrether. and put on the raven blanket. Tlien he went al)out dressed 
up nie.'ly. Xow he saw a good daneinjf blanket like the one he had 
worn before. At onee he tore his raven blanket and took the daneing 
blanket that hung before him. Heliold it was no dancing blanket; 
there were only lichens on the trees. Now' he saw that there w(U'e 
nothing but lichens. He sat down weeping. He took his raven 
blanket, tied it together again, and walked on, hungry and weeping. 

4. Now he wanted to go to war. He met a pretty slave whose name 
was Iv''ixo'm. He took him along, and they came to the house of a 
chief. The chief called to him. '"Come in, my dear, if it is you who 
ate theseal)sof Wa'sK." Then h(> was ashamed. He entered with his 



guis-halai'tg"e. XLk"'et g"idi-d6'qL qaq. Lig"i-lEp-ago't hwila 1 

his shaman's. Then hccnught ravt-ns. Anything (lu' usedj 

blanket 

ia'tsL qaq. K'"e dwiL annfi'sL (jfiq. K-"et an-de-ts"Epts'e'bEt. 2 

M kill ravens. Then lie t.iok tlie skins of the Then what with he tieii them. 

ravens. 

at gula'i, guis-qa'qtg'e. Ni.a sEm-ii'mi, k'uL-ie'et. t g'a'ai, '6 

Then verv well ahi.nt he then "he .saw 

when ' walke.l. 

ama' guis-halai't hwil La gula'tg'e. NLk"*et ha'tsik'sKui -i 

a good blanket shaman's where ipart.) hepntitcli. Then once more 

btsbe'sL guis-qa'qt. NLk''et go'uL guhs-halai't sqa-ia'gat aL 5 

he tore hi.s raven. Then he took the shaman's sideways it tning at 

blanket blanket 

qaqt. Gwina'deL! nig'idi iieL guis-halai't. MELax'a'EstL gan. t> 

his front. Behold! not it a blanket shaman's. Lichens of a tree. 

NLk"'et hwila'x'L hwil niELax'a'Est. NLk'*c dTit ai. T 

Then he knew it being lichens. Then he sat and 

wl-ye'tk"t. K"'et go'uL gwis-qii'aqt at an-de-ts'Epts'e'bEt. K^'e S 

cried. Then he took blanket raven and ^^•hat with he tied them. Then 

ha'tstk'sEm huX k"uL-ie'et tiL k"ur.-wl-ye'tgum Xdax't. 9 

once more again about he went and alioiit crying his hunger. 

4. >.'i.k'"e La hasa'qt dEiii k"uL-su-g'ti'tt. K'"et tffal-hwa'r. 1" 

Then iperf. I he desired i tut. i about nnirdering. Then against he 

found 

ama' xa'E. K'"ixr)'mL hwat. K"'et k"iiL-ste'Elt. K''et 11 

a good slave. K-'ix(-|'m his name. Then ali.nil he accom- Then 

hwa'dcL hw-ilpL k'TdL .sEm'a'g'it. K''e ts'Eh'.m-wo'oL l"i 

theylound the house one chief. Then into invited 

of them 

SEm'a'g'it: "Ts'e'iuMi nat, tsEdat ne'En. i.a x-am:i'gua.\dEL 13 

the chief: ■■Come in. my dear. if it is you. ipart. i eal- .scahsof 

Wa'sE." K"'e .sEUi-lo-dza'qL (la'odEtg'e. K'"e ts'ent (|anL 14 

Wa'sE." Then very in ashamed his heart. Then he entered and the 



40 



K', KKAi; (IK AMKKUAX KTH M >I.(((; Y 



slave, and thoy sat down. The chief (a small liiid) fed tliciii. First 
thej' ate salmon, then the waiters served cra>) apples mixed with 
{frea.se. When Txii'msKm saw this he became very desirous of eating 
it; therefore with a low voice he said to his slave. "Tell them that I 
like to eat what they have there.'" The slave .said. "Oh, chief! he says 
he does not like to eat what you have there." and the slave ate it all 
alone, and Txa'msKm sat there looking on. He did not eat anything. 
After they had finished eating, they went out. Txii'msKni first. 

.5. Then they came to a deep canyon. He took the dried stem of a 
skunk-cabbage ( ? ) and laid it across. He made a ])ridge. Then he him- 
self went across, and after he had done so he called K"'ixo'm (that was 
the name of his slave) to come across: l)ut the slave was afraid to follow 
Txa'msEm. After a while, however, he followed him. and when he 



1 xa'K. K''e hwa'ndet. SEm'a'g'idEm x-mo'gut hwil ts"e'ntg'e. 



Then they sat down. 



K"'e La heyu'kt yo'og'ant. K's-qaki, han at g'e'ipt. nLk'"et 



Then (perf.) he began he fed them 

i.uwa'ili, t"elg"a'dEt: 

mixwl thr waitere 



First 



iilmoi 



Layi mok". K'*e 

crab ripr. Then 

apple 

Txii'msEm dEm g'e'bEt, k"'e sEmgal aba'gask"t. 



Txii'msEm 



(fut.) 



his food. 



then 



tsEda Lat g'a'as 

when iperf.) he saw 

Nujan 

Therefore 



het aL xa'Eg'e 

he to the slave 
said 

an-hwi'ns gost." 

what thev do that." 



aL q'amt^sEu he't: 

at secretly he said; 

K-'e hcL xa'Eg'e: 

Then said the slave: 



■ Ma'LtsEn gwix "-g'e'ipL 

•Tell fund of eating 

"A, sEm"a'g*itI ne'gat 



an-hwi'iiEii." 

what you dn." 



g'idet gwix--g"e'ipL sEm'a'g'it tgon 

fond of eating the chief this 

lEp-ne'L xa'Eg'S fan g'e'ipt (fam-k'Ti'l. 

him- he the slave who ate it only cme. 
self 

Txii'msEm. Ni'g'i yo'6xk"t. NLk"'c k'si-Lo'odet 

Txii'msEm. Not he ale. Then out they went 



K'e 

Then 



NLk-'e 

Then 

k"ax-d*a's 

only there 
sat 

aL T^ 
at (perf.) 



iJixui'xkMet. XLk"'e k"s-qa'o(|s 

they finished Then first (went 1 



Txii'msEm. 

Tx;i'msF.m. 



5. NLk-'et hwa'deL hwil iaga-lo-La'pL loop. N'Lk'T't go'uL 



Then he found where down in deep 

gwa'lk°xanEm hok", k^'et tsaga-sg-i't. 

dry (a plant), then aercvss he laid 



lEp-tsaga-y6'xk"t. At Lesk"L 

him- across he went. He finished 



At sE-ga'ndet. K*"et 

He made a stick. Then 

hwilt. k''edEt gun-tsaga-ie'es 

he did so. then he across to go 

caused 

K''(" xpEtsa'XL xa'Eg'e 

Then was afraid the slave 



K''ixo'm. K''ixo'm hwaL xa'Eg'e 

K'ixo'm. K'ixo'm was the the slave 
name of 

aL dEin de-y6'xk"L. lc y6xk"s Txii'msEm. Sl-go'En, k-'e 

,,( (tut) also" togo, (perl.) went Txii'msRm. Altera while. then 



BOAS] TSIMSHIAN TKXTS 41 

reached the iiiid(llt> of the hridye it broke. He fell down into the 
canyon, and his belly bui'st. \Mien Txii'msEui saw what had happened, 
and saw the food of which he had not been able to partake, then he 
flew to the bottom of the canyon and ate the contcMits of the slave's 
stomach. He simply took the food with his hands. AVhen he iiad 
finished eating, the slave ai'ose and said, '"He eats excrements." 
Then Txa'msEm was ashamed. The slave recovered and parted com- 
pany with Txii'msEm. 

Thus the slave found out that it was Txa'msEui. When the lattei- 
went about murdering- he heard himself called ver}' bad names. First 
the Bullhead called him Giant, and then the chief called him 
Eating-scalis-of-Wa'sE. He was again very hungry. 



uks-ic't 


; Lat hwaL se'luki. 


gan, 


k-'e her 


.a'gai. 


gan. 


1 


toward he when he found the middle 
water went; of 


the 
stiek, 


then h 


roke 


'the 
stiek. 




K-'e 


t'ogwa'ntk"L xa'Eg'e. 


K'e 


SEm-be'siL 


bant 


. K-'e 


2 


Then 


fell down the slave. 


Then 


mneh tore 


his 
belly. 


Tlien 




tsEda 


Lilt o'ji'iis Txa'msEm 


hwil 


hwi'ltg'e. 


k--et 


g-a'aL 


:$ 


when 


(part.) saw it Txii'msEni 


wha 


t ha|>penert. 


then 


he saw 




wunii'x' 


La ax-g'e'bEtg'e aL 


hwi! 


XLuXt 


aL 


ts'il'wUL 


4 


the food 


(pert.) not he had eaten at 


when 


liiir-t 


at 


inside 




xa'Eg'e. 


NLk''e hwil k'"e 


g-ig-Eb 


fi'yukt aL 


lo-d- 


Ep-qii'oL 


•5 


the slave. 


At once 


het 


iew at 


in dc 


)wn he 
went to 




ts'Em-tsa'Eg"e. K""et g"e'ipi. 


lo-hwi' 


It aL qalii 


l'sl 


xa'Eg-e. 


6 


in 1 


the cleft. Then he ate it 


in wa,' 


i in the st< 


iniaeh 


the slave. 





At ksax-dWqt aL an'o'nt at g'i'ptg'e. K''e La La'Exk"t. 7 

He only to<.k with his hands he ate it. Then wlien lie finished 

eiiting. 

k''c haklEin-ba'xL xa'Eg'e. K''e het: "Si-g5'nL dt">-hwi'lt s 

then arose- tlie slave. Then he said: "Now also he 

does so 

at x-gwats." K"'e dzaqL qii'ots Txa'msEm. K''e ha'tsik'sEm <) 

he eatsexere- Then was the heart T.xii'msEm. Then oneemore 

meitts." ashamed of 

mti'6tk''L xa'Eg'e. K"'e ba'sixk^det qans Txii'msEm. lo 

wjus well the slave. Then they seT)arated and Txa'msEm, 

NeL hwil witk"L alo-d'a'L hwil Txii'msEiiit hwil H 

That where eame from evi- he heiiig Txa'msEm I.eine 

dently was 

su-g'a'ttg'e Lat lEp-naxna'L qabe'iL huwa'm liiid"a'xk"tg'e. 1:2 

murdering when him- he heard several names tuid, 

sell 

T U'ig'a'ti. k's-((a'guni etk"L mas-qaya'it. NLk'"e sEmTi'g'idEm 13 

GUuit lirst ' .ailed him the hllllliea<l Then chii-f 

x-mo'gut t"an sti-hwa'dEt aL X-ama'IgwaxdEL Wa'sE. NLa 14 

(eat- ripe) who nia.ie name of Kal- s.ntj-^-r.i Wa'SE. Then 

iug ing- 

neL hwil k"uL-Xda'x"t. 15 

he being about hungry. 



42 in'REAU OF AMERICAN KTHNOLOGY [bull. 27 

<■). Then ho arrived at another village, and saw little children playing 
at the end of the town. They were throwinjr pieces of seal hiuhber 
at one another. He stepped among them and ate the hluhher. He 
ate all the blubber which the children were throwing at one another. 
Then they wondered what had become of it. Txii'msicm asked them, 
"Where do you get that blubber f And they told him where they 
got it. They said, " We climb up a tree and throw ourselves down. 
When we strike the ground, we open our eyes and say. "High piles 
of our blubber," and immediately there are high piles of blub- 
ber." Therefore Txii'msEui also climbed the tree. He threw himself 
down, saying, '"High." Then the children looked and saw that he 



1 6. NLk''e na-ba'xt ai, huX k""elL qal-ts'a'p. ?si.k"'et 

Then out ttf lie ran u* «gnin one li>wn. Then 

woods 

2 g'a'aL hwil qala'qL k'opE-tk'c'Lk" aL q'apL ts'a'pg"e. 

he saw where phived little ehiMren at the the town. 

end of 

3 Max-he'm elxi. ha-hwfldet. Xe-is'ia'tst ar. hex'i, elx. 

All fat seal they used. Kaeh they with fat of seal. 

other struck 

4 Ni.k"'e de-lo-spagait-ho'ksk''t la'ot. K''et qa'ne-hwila g'e'ipL 

Tlun also in among he was with Then always he ate 

with them tliem. 

5 elx. Ni.k'"e i,a qii'odKL hex'L elx. La ha-ni-ya'tsL 

the Then when was finished the fat of the i iierf. 

.-eal. seal. 

fc> k"r)p?>tk •'("'!, k", ni,k""e woxwa'xdet atse hwi'l hwili, elx. 

the ihihlren. then thev w.mdered if where was the 

little seal. 

7 Ni,k*'et g'e'dExs Txa'msEni tsEt hwil dE-wi'tk"det. 

Then asked Txii'msKm (dubita- where they get it 

live) from. 

s Ni.k'"et iiia'i.det hwil wi'tk''tg'e: "MEn-i.6'6nom ar. lax-ga'n. 

Then Ihvylold where they got it -I'li we go at on tree, 

from : 

!• k''v gulik"s-d"Ep-t"a'i.gom. XLk"'e ui o'k'sEm ai- lax-dz'a'dz'ik's, 

then selves down we throw. Then when we drop at on ground. 

lU k'e q'a'axi, t.s'a'lEin. K""e ' GE-g'tpg'a'psi, hwTl daxdo'xt gon 

then open our eye.s. Then High lule^ now 

11 ai, hcEin g'apk's," <lEp lie'idEnoiu. K'"o gE-g'ipg"a'psL 

«t iHt high,' we say. Then ' high 

1l> liwll daxdo'xi. hex' tgon." Ni.qan hwils Txii'msEiu huX 

piles of fat this.' Therefore he did Txii'msEm also 

13 de-iiiEn-ie't aL lax-ga'n. NLk*'e de-gulik*s-d"Ep-ma'qst aL 

also up he at on tree. Then also hini.«elf down he threw and 

went 

14 he'tge: ••(iapk's." K''e Lat g'a'aL k'opE-tk'"e'Lk" hwil 

wiid; ■•High." Then when saw it the ehildren where 



BOAS] ISIMSHIAN TKXT^i 4B 

was dead. They laughed at him and left him. After a while 
Txii'm.sEm opened his eyes. He did not find anythinj)- to eat. 

7. Txii'msF.m found another house which belonged to Chief Cor- 
morant. The house was full of provisions, and he sat down and ate. 
Then he asked the Cormorant to join him in catching halibut. 
Txii'msEui did not catch anything, while Chief Cormorant caught a 
great miany. Then Txii'msEm went up to him in the canoe. He took 
a louse from the Cormorant's neck, held it up to him, and .said, "■Open 
your mouth and I will put your louse into it." The Cormorant 
replied, •" Nol Put it overboard into the water." " You will not catch 
anything if I put it into the water." Txa'msEUi urged him, "'Put 
out your tongue and let nie put it on." Then the Cormorant did so. 



no'ot, k"'et k"sta'qsdet hl hala'yixdet. NLk^'e La de-q'a'axL i 

he was then Ihey left hnu and hiujrhed. Then (porf. ^ also opened 

dead, 

ts'a'list Txa'msEm, k""e ni'g"it hwai, lig'i-ago'i. dEui g'e'bEt. 2 

his eyes Txii'msEm. then not he found anything (fnt.t his food, 

7. K''e Eat huX hwas Txii'msEm hwilpL sEm"ag"idEm ;; 

Tlien iperf. I again found Txii'msEm the house of chief 

hfi'uts. HelL wunii'x" ai. hwi'lptg'e. NLk-"e Io-d"a't la'ot 4 

cormorant. Much loud in lii^ lionsc. Then in he sat in it 

down 

aL yo'oxk''t. ><'Lk'"t^ i.at huX sa'lix-t ai. dEm ig'a't f, 

and ate. Then iperf.) again he asked him to (fnt.l fish 

to go with him halibut 

dEuit mu'kdcL txox". NLk""i'> ni'g'ide moks Txii'msEm, (; 

(tut.) thev halibut. Then nothing caught Txa'msEm. 

catch 

ksax-sEmM'g'idEin hil'uts he'ldEL mukt. NLk'"e La si-go'n, 7 

onlv chief c.rmoraut nianv ca\n;lit. Then ( perf. I a little 

while. 

1. NLk""et go'uL iS 

Then he took 

dEX-yo'gutg'e: it 

he held it: 

'■Q'il'gan dEm lo-ma'qdt-EL ts'e'sgun aL ts'Em-a'gan." K'"e lo 

•■Open ifut.i in I put vour louse in in vour Then 

mouth.' 

"Ni'g'i." heL hil'utsg'e. "T'uks-nia'gaL ts"Em-a'k's." ""Ni'g'i 11 

put it in the water. ' ■ N'ot 



nLk-"e 


wusEn 


-iii's Txii'msEUi 




aL ts'Eni 


-ma'l 


then 


along 


went Txa'm.Km 




in 


the 


ts'esk" 


aL 


t"Em-la'iiix'L 




ha'iits. 


K'e 


a louse 


from 


the nec-k of 


th. 


I- cormorant. 


Then 



dEm mo'gun. tsE nda t'uks-ma'gat ts'Eni-a'k's." K'"e 12 

(iut.) you catch. if s.iineoiie out puls'it in water." Then 

g'ap-hii'q'als Txil'msEui. " K'si-Lo'odEL de'lEn dEm le-sge'ist lo 

milch urged him Txii'msEin. ■■(liit put your tongue (fut.) on 1 lay it 

la'ot." XLk'"e hwilL ha'ut.sg'e. K'.si-Lo'odEL de'lixt. If 

on it." Then did so the cormorant. Out he put his tongue. 



44 



BUREAU OF AMEKICAN ETH>ULO(iy 



He put out hi.s tonjfuc. Txi'i'ni.sEm seized it and tore it out. Then the 
chief was dumVj. They returned to the shore and quitted tishing. 
The Cormorant's wife went down to the beach, and Txsl'msF.ni said to 
her, "The chief fainted, and lost his speech." But Chief Cormo- 
rant said, ''Gogogol"' "'Now you hear he says that he caught all this 
halibut, but I caught it." Yet he had not caught it. In this way 
the Cormorant lost his speech. Then they carried up the halibut, 
and Txii'msEiu told how the chief had lost his .speech. 

8. Txii'msEm did another thing. He came to a chief, who called 
him into his hou.sc. His name was TEno'k"LEnx. The house .stood 



1 NLk-"et 



K'e 

Then 



go us 

t(M)k 



Txa'msEm 

Txii'msEm 



de'lixtg'e. 

hi.'i tongue. 



K'et 

Then 



k'isi-raa'fEnt. 

out he tore it. 



;i'lg"ixL sEm'a'g'it. 

the chief. 



Le 

(perf.) 



spoke 

iff 'am 



NLk-'i 

Then 



tsagam-lo-ya'ltk"det. 

from sea to ihey returned. 



HauE 

They 
stopped 

naksL ha'utsg'e, 

the MTife of the cormorant. 

sEm'a'g'it tgona? 

the chief this? 



tx6'x"deitg"e. 

their halibut. 

k''e a'lg'ix; 

then said 



3 
4 
5 
6 sEm'ii'g'idEni hil'uts, aL he'tg'e: 



NLk '"e ] 

Then ivh 

Txa'msEm : 

Txii'msEm: 



Gwatk"L 

It is lost 



gul-ganei. 

all 

ne'e t"an 

I who 

tgon. Nda 

this. Ue 

NLk*'e La 

Then (pert.) 



the J 

cormorant, 

mo'gudEL 

he caught 



a'lg-ixt." 

his speech." 

••(^ogogo." 

I he sjiid: ••06, g6. g6." 

txo'x", tgon deya'E 

halibut, this thus said 



muki, an-he't. Q"amgai't-ni'g"idi 

caught what he said. Still not 



XLk''e 

Then 

" W6. 

•• Now, 

he'tse. 

he said. 

mukL 

caught 



iaga-ie'et 

to beach went 

" Gulda'uL 

■Fainted 

a'lg'ixL 

spoke 

iiaxna'L! 

hear! 

ALk""e' 

But 

sEm"a'git 

the chief 



r>L dEm gwa'6tk"i. La a'lg'ixt qan ax-tuu'kt." 

ho (fut.) he lo.st his speech there- not he caught." 



yukt 

began 



bax-do'qdcL txox'. NLk'"c 

up they took halibut. Then 



hes Txii'msEm 

said Txii'msEm 



aL sEm'S'g'it, La 

to the chief. (perf.) 



yukt raa'LEL hwil hwi'lL sEm'a'g'it qan 

begin he told w hat did the chief and 



gwatk"L a'lg"ix, ai. nak'st hwil he'tg'e. 

it was lost the speech, to his wife when he said. 



s. Ha'tsTk-sEm huX k-'cl 



ClL 

one 



Invil 



hwai- 

lic 
found 

la'ot. 

in It. 



hwil lo-dVi'L 

where in was 

TEno'k''LEnxL 

TEn6'k"LEnx 



SEm'a'g'it. 

a chief. 

hwat. 

his name. 



hwils Txii'msEm. K''et 

did Txa'nisEm. Then 

he'tg'e dEm lo-d'a't 

sjiid I fut. I in sit 
down 

Alo-hehe'tk"i, hwMptg'e. K''e 

Alone stood his house. Then 



K'-e 

Then 



BOAS] TrilMSHIAX TEXTS 45 

all alone. Txii'msEiii was very glad because he saw mueh food there. 
He ate there all the time. Then he sa\vTEno'k"LEnx"s club. It hunj;- on 
the house post and was inlaid with ahalone shell. TxiimsEnisaid. "He 
acts like a bad slave." He saw that the chief had large teeth. The 
chief arose and took the clul). intending to kill Txa'msEm, but he ran 
out of the house. Then Txii'msEui spoke kindly, "I said you are 
acting nicely. Chief." TEno'k"i.Enx said, •"No, \-ou said, ' He acts like 
a bad slave.' " •" I shall not say so again. Chief. Let me sit near you." 
Then TEn5'k"LEnx agreed. Txii'msEm reentered the house and stayed 
there a long time. Now Txii'msEm went into the woods near the 
house. He made a club of rotten wood. He pounded mussel shells 
and inlaid the rotten wood with it. Then he took TEno'k^LEnx's club 



SEm-tq"al-si'Ep'Ens Txii'msEm ne'tg'e aL hwil g'a'aL wunii'x', j 

much against liked him Txa'msEm him because he saw food. 

qan het. K"'e qane-hwila yo'oxk''t lat. K'"et g'a'ai. ha-q"ala'X. •o 

there- he sjiid Then always he ate in it. Then he saw a cUib. 

^lEn-ia'oat ai. dagane'sL hwi'lptg-e, txa-bsla'da. K""e 3 

T'n it huntr at the house post of hLs house, all abalone Then 

' shell. 

lo-a'lg'ixL qa'ots Txii'msEm t hwil g"a'aE wi-we'nL sEm'a'g'it. 4. 

in said the heart of Txii'msEm he when he saw the tooth ..f the chief. 

great 

K'"e haklEm-ba'xL sEiii'a'g-it, at go'uL ha-q"ahi'X ai. dsmt 5 

Then arose the chief. he took the club to ^fnt.l 

dzak"s Txa'msEm. K'si-ba'xs Txii'msEm. K-"r> ama a'lg'Txs (; 

kill Txii'msEm. Out run Txa'msEm. Then well said 

Txii'msEm: "AmL hwi'lEnEst sEm'a'g'it. Deya'L qa'deE." 7 

Txii'msEm: ''Good yon do so chief. Thussaid my heart. ' 

K'"e "Ni'g-i." hes TEn5'k"LEnx. '"Had'a'xk"i. hwili. xa'E" 8 

Then -No." said TEno'k"!,Enx. ■■'Bad did the 

me'3-aanist." •• Ni'g'i dEm huX hcE. sEuiTi'g-it. Dsm g'ap-k"uL-dTi'ne !t 

you said thus." "Xot (fut.) again I say. chief. i Fut. 1 really about I sit 

awa'an." K-"et ana'qs TEn(")'k"LEnxL he'tg'e. K"'e ha'ts^k'sKiii 10 



your Then he agreed 
proximity." 

huX ts'ens Txii'msEm. 


TEno'k"l.Enx he 

K ""e nak"L 


said. Then once more 

lo-d'fi't. K''e k"uL-ie's 


11 


again entered Txa'msEm. 


Then long 


in he was. Then about went 




Txii'mSEm ai. g'lle'lix. 

Txii'msEm at inland. 


K •■(""' dzfipi. 

Then he made 


ha'ix aL sE-qawa'x't 

rotten at he club 
wood made a 


12 


.sEl-hwil-g-a'fEnt. K-'et 

to- being he made Then 
gether it be. 

sE-bElii'dEL qawfi'x'. K* 

h> abalone the club. The 
made on it 


k"Lc-ax''6'x"L 

all he pounded 
over 

'et sE-dii'xt. 

n he it 
nnule fast. 


qam-g"a'lis. K''et 

mussel shell. Then 

k"'et go'ui. qawii'x"s 

then he took the club of 


1;? 

u 



46 BUREAU OF AMKRICAX ETHXOLOGY [bill.27 

and hung in its pliice the clul) of rotten wood which loolced like it. 
Then he hid 'rKn6'iv"i,Enx'.s clul). and sat down, and said agiiin. "Hosv 
had acts that slave to whom I camel" Then TEno'k''LEnx rose. He 
took his club, and Txii'msEm ran out of the house. As soon as 
TEno'k"LEnx came outside he struck Txii'msEm on the head, who said. 
"My brother is using a rotten wood club to kill me." Then he took 
TEnr)'k"i,Enx's own club and killed him. He threw the body on 
the beach. He stayed in the house and ate all of TEno'k"LEnx's food. 
'.». Another time Txii'msEm came to the hous(> of the Seal. The Seal 
invited him in. He was eating salmon. He took a dish and placed it 
near the Kre; then he held up his hands near the fire so that thej' 
grew warm. Then grease dripped from his fingers and ran into the 



1 


TEno'k"LEnxt. 


K"'et ia'orai-lc-ia'qi, lEp-qawa'yim 


ha'ixt 




TEn6'k°LEiix . 


Then howt 


!veronhung his elnti 


rotten 

W.K)d 


2 


sEl-hwil-g"a't'Ent. 


K-"et ia'xr. 


qawa'x's TEno'k"LEnxt. 


XLk''e 




IfH being made 
gether to be. 


Then he hid 


the eUib of TEn6'k"LEnx. 


Then 


.3 


he'tg'e aL k' 


"e'l huX 


d'iit: "Had'a'xg'iL wfiii 


xaE 




he said (wiien) onoe a^ain 


he sat -Bad did 
down: 


slave 


4 


den wa'in."' K-"e 


haldEin-ba'xs 


TEno'k"LEnxt. At go'ui, q 


awii'x'. 




whom found Then 
vou." 


rose 


TEno'l£"LEnx. He look 


the elub. 


5 


K-'e k'si-ba'xs 


Txii'msEm. 


i.at liwaL g'alq. k""et 


ia'tss 




Tlien om ran 


Txii'msEm. 


When he ont-^ide. then 


struck 



reaehetl 

ti TEn6'k"LEnx fEm-qe'st. K"'e he'tge: "Qawa'yim ha'ya 

TEn6'k"LEiix his head. Then he said: "riub rotten 

7 t liwila'ak"det hwa'tseE." K"'et go'uL lEp-qawa'x's TEn6'k''LEnxt. 

wliMl usedon me mv brother.' Then lie own elub of TKno'k"I.Enx. 

took 

s K""et ia'tss TEno'k"i.Enxt. k-'e sgit no'u. K'"et iaga-ma'gat 

Tluii be TEii.j'k'M.Eux. then be lay dead. Then down he put 

struck him 

".' ai. gii'ii. K"e lo-dzo'qs Txii'msEm ai, hwilpt. At g'e'ipL 

in front of Then in be stayed Txii'msEm in the bouse. He ale 

the house. 

!•• wunii'x". Lo-dza'Li, wunii'x's TEno'k"LEuxt. 

the food. In heateall the foo<l of TEno'k"i.Enx. 

11 9. HuX hwil'is Txii'msEm hwilpi. ("-Ix. K'e wo'otk"i. i"lx 

.\iraiii found Txii'msEm the house of the Then inviied seal 

seal. 

li! la'ot. Hani. ge'ipt. K""et go'uL ts'ak-, k'"et .sg"it aL 

in it. .■Salmon lie ate Then he look a dish. then he at 

laid it 

13 lax-ts'it'i, lak". K""(~'t iiiEn-do'qL anWnt ai, go'unt ai. lak". 

on the edge the Then up beheld bis hand to bit it ai lire, 

of lire. 

14 K''e a'd'ik'.sk"L fe'lx* ai. qats'uwune'tt. K'"e l6-ma'qsk"L 

Then came pren-se from his fingers. Then in it ran 

>This sentence is in Tsimshian dialect. 



BOAS] TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 47 

dish. He gave it to Txii'msEiii to dip the >iihiu)n in the Ljroase. 
Txii'insEin ate the sahiion with the seal l)hihl)er. 1 If ate \ eiv luiuh. and 
was satiated. Then he k^ft. Now Txil'uisEiii made a lioiise. He 
finished it and invited the Seal to visit him. The Seal entered, and sat 
down in the rear of the house, and Txii'msEui took a dish. He ])laced 
it near the fire and held up his hands so that they grew warm, hut his 
hands were scorched. Then Txii'msEm turned back secretly, crying, 
'•Mmmninmi!" When the Seal saw that Txii'msEm was crying, he 
rose. There was no grease in the dish. Then he said. '"He tries 
to imitate what I do." Txii'msEiu was ashamed. He j)ut jiitcli on 
his hand because it hurt. Then he said. •"You ought not to try such 
things. You would liettei' get food for nic that I may eat." He was 



t'elx" aL ts'Em-ts'a'k', dEm wutxs Txii'msEm ai. hiin. 1 

grease toward in the ifiit.t to dip in Txii'msEm (at) salmon, 

disli. jjrease 

K""et g'e'ips Txii'msEmL han. Q:in-g"e'ipdeL t'e'la elx. 2 

Then ate T.\;i'msF.m sahnon. With he ate the fat of seal. 

K'"e heli> wunii'x' huX g'e'bEt. K'"("> ts'a'x'tg'e. K'"et 3 

Then much l.m.l again he iite it. Then he was satia- Then 

ted. 

k"sta'qset. K''e de-dza'ps Txii'msEniL hwil[) aL wagai-do'u. "^ 

he left him. Then also made Txii'msEm a honse at ' ar. 

K''e La Lesk^L dzfipL hwilp. k'"e det-wo'oL elx. K""e ^ 

Then when he fin- he made the hcaise, then aKo he the seal. Then 

ished invited 

de-ts'e'uL elx. K''e dTit aL (|"ala'ii. K'"e det-go'us 6 

also entered the .seal. Then he sat at in the rear of Then alsu took 

the house. he 

Txa'msEmL ts"ak'. K'"c det-.sg'it aL awa'aL lak". K''e T 

Txii'msEm a dish. Then also laid at the j.rox- the lire. Then 

he it imity of 

det-haL-do'qL an'o'nt. K""e Lat guxL lak" an'o'ns Txii'msEm. S 

also ahmg he held his hancK. Then (perf.i stru.k the tire the Txa'nisF.m, 

hands of 

k''e ts"Ex"ts"a'Lk"L iinWnt. K'"et tgo-ya'ltk"s Txii'msEm 9 

then it scorched his hands. Then around turned Txii'msEm 

(fa'mts^En wi-ye'tk"t: "Mmiiuum." deya'. K"'e haldEin-ha'xL 10 

>eeretlv he cried; '.Mmmmm.' thus he Tlu'n rose 

said. 

elx. Lilt g'a'aL hwii wi-ye'tk"s Txii'msEm. Xi'g'i io-g'a'iu. 11 

the when he saw tverbal cried Txii'msEm. Not in was 

seal, niami 

t'elx' aL ts"ii'k'g"e. K^'t'^ a'lg'ixt: "DEm de-v<Vxk"t La 12 

erea^e in thedish. Then he said: -(Fnt., also he Ipcrf.j 

follows 

hwii'l("E." Iv'"e dziitis Txii'msEm. K'"et sEnt-.sg'a'ndEL 13 

what 1 d.i." Then was Txa'uisEui. Then he put pilch un 

ashamed 

an"(Vntg"e aL sEiugai aba'g"ask"t. K'"e JEp-he'tg't"': "Se a'niL li 

his hand fcr v.-rv he was troubled. Then him- he 'You 

self said: d<. well 

gwix"-txa'k"sEm dadi y<")'<')Xgue tiL Id'ii'gEsEUL" .\.l):i'g"ask"t 15 

t.ihe eatini; ycMi when I eat .\..ii eat fast." He »iis'trutlljled 



48 KIRKAU (IK AMKRICAN ETHNOLOGY [bill.27 

greatly ti-(Hiltled. therefore he said so. He spoke to his hand. For that 
reason the hands of man are l)ent (in old age) to this day. 

Txi'i'insEm went on, and eame to a nice house. There he found 
Chief Ts'Enk'oa'ts, who had stores of provisions. The chief invited 
in Txii'msEm. who sat down. Then he ate salmon, good salmon. 
After he had eaten he drunk water. Ts'Enk'oa'ts took a nice dish, and 
.stretched his foot out over the dish; then he took a stone, struck his 
ankle, and pulled out tish roe. He placed it before Txa'msEm. who 
ate it. He was very glad. He left the house of Ts'Enk'oa'ts when 
he had eaten enough. Then Txa'msEui thought he would invite his 
friend to visit him. He made a house and invited in Ts'Enk'oa'ts, 
who sat down. Then Txii'msEm took a dish and stretched his foot out 



1 (jan he'tg'S, an'o'nL qan he'tg'S. NLqau hwilL hwil 

there- he said so. his hand on ap- he spoke. Therefore they are (verbal 

fore count of ' noun) 

2 hixiui'LagauL an'o'nL g"at go'Ense. DElda'lbik'sk" gon. 

IpeiidinK the hands of man now. They shrink now. 

(his hands) 

3 K'e huX ie's Txa'msEm. HuX hwa'itg'e ama hwi'lpg'e. 

Then again went Txil'msEm. Again he found a good house. 

4 HuX sEm-k''a-he'lL wunii'x'i, sEm'ii'g'it. Ts'Enk'oa'tsL 

.4gain very e.\ceed- much food oi the chief. (.\ little bird) 

ingly 

5 hwa'tg'e. K''e wo'ctk"!- Ts'Enk'oa'ts as Txii'msEm. Ama 

his name. Then invited Ts'Enk'oa'l.-i to Txii'msEm. Well 

6 d'a'tg'e. K''e x-hii'ont, ama han. Laxk"t. K"'e a'k".stg'e. 

he sal down. Then he salmon, ,srood salmon, he finished Then he drunk, 

ate eating. 

7 K"'et go'uL Ts'Enk'oa'ts ama ts'a'k'g-e. K''et uks-Lo'odEL 

Then took Ts'Enk'oii'Ls a good dish. Then toward he 

the lire stretched 

8 asa'ct. K''et go'uL lo'op. K"'et na-o'j'iL k'oq'o'Ltg'e. 

hi-sfoot. Then he took a stone. Then so that he hisanklo. 

it breaks struck it 

9 K''et k'si-sa'g"iL Ian, t.xa-k"'e'Eltgum Ian. Wi-he'ltg"e. K-'et 

Then out he spawn, a one spawn. It was much. Then 

pulled whole 

10 sg'it as Txii'msEm. K"'et g"ips Txii'msEm. He-yu'kt g"ips 

he laid to Txii'msEm. Then ale it T-xii'DLsEm. He was eating it 

it 

il Txil'msEiii. k"'e ui yukL yo'oxk"s Txii'msEm. k"'e lo-ii'niL 

Tx;i'msEm. then i perf.) while was eating Txii'msEm, then in good 

'-' ((a'ott. KT't k"sta'qstg'e gwatsTks-tsa'ix* aL hwilp.s Ts'Enk'osVts. 

heart. Tlien l.e left very satiated at the Ts'Enk'oii'ts. 

house of 

1-3 K"'e huX de-a'lgixi, <iats Txii'msEm aL dEmt wo'oL 

Then again also said the heart T-vii'msEm to (fut.) invite 

of 

1 1 an-.si'EpEnsk"t. K-'e de-dza'pL hwilpt. K''e de-wo'oL Ts'Enk'oa'ts. 

Ills I'ricud. Then also he made a house. Then also he Ts'Enk'oa'ts. 

invited 

l'> Iv'o d'ilL Ts'Enk'oa't.sg'e. K"'et go'us Txii'msEm ts'ak*. 

Then sat down Ts'Enk'oii'ts. Then look Txa'msEm a dish. 



BOAS], TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 49 

over the dish. He took a stono ;ind struck his ankle. He fell down 
backward, and said. ''Oh! Iain dead; I amahuo.stdead." Ts'Enk'oa'ts 
said, "He tries to imitate me," and left the house. Then Txii'msEin 
was ashamed. His foot was swollen. 

He went on, not knowing which way to turn. He came to the house 
of Salmon-berrv-bii'd. who invited Txa'msEm in. Then he ate 
salmon. When he had finished (>ating, he drank. Now, Salmon- 
l)erry-bird took a nice dish. He wiped it 'ut. Then he rcse and 
said. ■•^liya'I !Miya'I" He said so very often. Then the dish was full 
of salmon-berries. Txil'msEm saw them and ate. Then he thought he 
would do the same. Secretly he took an unripe salmon-berry and put 



K'"e de-t\iks-L6'6dEL asa'et aL ts'Em-ts'a'k'. K*'et go'uL lo'op. i 

Thon also out he put his foot to in the dish. Then he took a stone. 

K""e det-6'x"L k"'6q'o'Et. K""e haspa-La'ot at. he'tg'e: 2 

Then also he struck his ankle. Then upsiiie he and said: 

down fell 

'"HaEl No'oe gon." Q'am-ts'o'sk'r. dEm wagait-no'ot gon. ;?. 

•■Ha: lam now." Only a little 1 fut. 1 until he was now. 

dead dead 

Hwil hux hwi'ltg"e. K'"e a'lg'ixi, Ts'Enk'oa'ts aL he'tg'e: 4. 

He aijain imitated. Then spoke Ts'EnkVd'ts and stiid: 

" Deui de-yo'xk"t hwii'lcE." Deya' aL k'sa'Xtg'e. K''e 5 

■•(Fut.) also he goes what I do." Thus he and he went out. Then 

after .said 

dzarjs Txii'msEm. G"itk"s asa'etg'e. (> 

was Txa'msEm. It was his foot, 

ashamed swollen 

Iv-'e huX ia't qasbasa-k\iL-ie't. HuX hwa'yiL hwilpL 7 

Then again he astray about he .Vgain he found the 

went " wenl. house of 

SEm'a'git. x-smiya'tk"siL hwa'tg'e. K''e huX w6'6tk"t 8 

a chief. (Birdi his name. Then again he invited 

as Txa'msEm. K''e Lat g'eipL ha'ng'e. K'"e La'Exk''t, <> 

t.i T.ia'msEm. Then (perf.i ate .salmon. Then he finishetl 

he eating, 

k''e a'k'stg'c. K'"et go'uL x-smiya'tk".siL ama ts"ak'. K'"et lo 

then he drank. Then took x-smiy.'itk"s a good dish. Then 

lo-g-i'mk't. K-"e de-he'tk"t aL he'tg'e: "Mij-a', miya'." n 

in he wiped it. Then also he stood and said: "Miya', miy:\'." 

up 

HrdL he'tg'e aL x-smiya'tk"st. K""e inetk"L ts'ak" aL i-_i 

Much he said and said miya'. Then it was full the dish of 

meg'a'oqstg'e. K"'et g'a'as Txil'msEm. K"'et sg'i'tg'e. i;j 

salmon-berries. Then saw it T.xii'msEm. Then he laid it 

down. 

He-yu'kt g-e'ips Txa'msEm. K'V" huX de-lo-a'Ig'ixL qa'ott 14 

lie was eating Txli'msEm. Then again also in spoke his 

it heart 

aL dEm de-hwi'ltg-e. Q"amgait <|"a'mts'En da'goL iiwtl 15 

to I fut.) also he Before secretly he took being 

does so. 

B. A. E., Bull. -JT -0-2 -I- 



->(» HIKKAI- OF AMKKKAX KTHXoLOGV [Biu.. 27 

it int.. his hand. II.- l.'ft th.- house. Then he made a house and 
invit.-d in Chi.-f Sahnon-lM-iry-liird. He imitated him. He aro.se after 
havintr phi.-ed th.- unrip.- >alm.>ri-l)erry in his dish. Then he stood there 
an.l said. •■ .Miva'! Miya!" He sjiid so very often, but there remained 
just as many unrip.- sidm.in-lM-rrie.s in the dish as he had put in. He 
phir.-(l the- <li>h lM-f..r.- Chi.-f Sahnon-t>erry-i>ird, who rose, saying, 
•• H<- tri.-.t<>imitati- ni.-." Tli<-ii Txii'msKin was asham.-d. H.- did not 
imitate any more. 

|(i. H«- wt-iit on. not knowiii'T whieli way to turn. Behold, he came 
out of tht- woods to a hirjr.- town. There were poople in front of the 
town tishinjr for halilml. T.xa'nisKm thoujrlit. "They have much bait, 
and I will <-.it it." Hi- div.-d. and he saw the bait. He took it from 



1 ax-<i<--tni\ iiii.K I. ]ni;:ai|-l lo-ila \ it t-Km-aifo'ntg-e. K-'e 

iK.i iil»> ni-- -ill" i" he liiid in his hiiiid. Tlu'ii 

Urn.- thi-ni 

:i k-saXt ai. hwi'lpjr-t". HuX de-dza'pL h wJ' I pg •.''>. K-"et 

hv wrnl "f houw. AKiiili also he mndc ii tioii«c. Then 



.1 


huX wo'oi. 


.sKm'a'fridKm 


x-.smiyii'tk".--. 


K-"e det-ho'g'i.XL 




*Kk1ii Ik- inrltivt 


th<' cliii'f 


x-sniiyfl'tk°s. 


Tlun also hi- (lid 

the same as 


4 


x-smiyiVtk"s 


ai. huX 


de-he'tk''tg-e. 


la'^it-lo-dii'yiL 




X unlyA'lk-" 


mill HfOiin 


also he sUkkI 
lip. 


Already in he had 
put 


o 


ax-mi.\ni<">'jrum 


mefjYi'okst 


- al. ts'KUl 


-ts"a'k-tg'i^. K-"e 




n..l ri|H- 


salmon Itorries 


at in 


his dish. Then 


<; 


df'-he'tk"t ai. 


he'tge: "•.Miya' miya'." W 


i-he'ld he'tg-e aL 




■Ix) hrkt<«Hl nll'l 

x-.sniiya'tk"st. 


fiM: "Mi! 


!)Y miya'." 


Mneh he said and 


7 


Qane-(|abe'ii, 


ax-mix'm(V!.''uin me<r"a'6qst aL 



••Id mlyi\'. .Ml its many ni.i ripe sjilmnn berri.-s al 

.s ts'Kiii-tsTi'k-g-."-. K-*."' det-sg-"e't ai. sKiiraVidKm x-smiya'tk"'.st. 

In .li'h Then nls.. he laid be- the ehief .\-smiv:i'tk"s. 

it fore 

!» K-*e lialdKiii-ba'xi. sKin'a'g'it. A'lg-ixtg'e: "Dem de-y(Vxk"t 

Then nr.. the ehief. He«aid: -.Fut.i also hewi!" 

go alter 

|o iji hwa'l("'K." K'v i\/AU\s Txa'uisKm: (ja'odF.i. hwH hwi'ltjr-e. 

.l«rf. I what I do." Tlnii he was T.'Cil'ra.sEra; it was what he did. 

ashami.-<l tinishe«l 

II !•>. K-"i"- huX (|a'sl)K.sa-k"ui.-ie'et. (rwina'dei.. wi-t.s"a'p 

rii.ii Muaiii not knowinc kImiiu he Behold. a town 

where went. large 

I'J liwil na-ba'xt. ( iwina'di"-!.. mal ai. gi'ikc (ja-iga't dKp- 

whi-n- •■lit ol he ran. Ilehold. a eaina- at front of the lishiiiK i plural) 

wo*"l' villape halibitt 

i:{ go'.stg-e dKui miVkdeii. txox'. K'v lo-a'lg"ixL qa'ots 

ihi~- Int. I they enieh halibut. Then in said the heart 

of 

H Txii'iiKSKm: " He'ldKin ai. iiaxs dEp-go'st an dKiu g-e'ipt." 

Txi'nuian: " Min>h halt tn.we for (fut. i to eat." 

me 

l."> Nu|an hwi'ltg-."'. SVu(isk"t ts'Kin-a'k.s. Gwina'deL. naxi. ga'at. 

ll.div,-.! in the Heboid, the bait he saw it. 



''"**'l TSIMSHIAX TK.XTS f, j 

the hook and utc it. He went finni o,„. h,„,k lo tli,- uiIi.t. .■alin;: all 
the t.ait. Then tlir halt of all the li>h,.nnen liaci (li>a|)peaiv,l. hnl i"ii'ey 
did not l<no\v how it ha<i ha].|)ene.i. Finally one of lii,. nun eaii-lit 
Txii'msKMrs jaw. His ja\v\va> caiiuiit on ,,ne of ii„. ho,,k,s. 'riu-n Tiie 
hsheniian pulled. Txa'insKm was piillr.! n],. althoiiu-h he was rcsisl- 
ino-. He could not take tlie hook out ..f liis mouth. He held oti to the 
nx'ks at the bottom of the sea. Then li,. was iianle.i up with the lish 
line. The fishermen eanie tou-et her and they all haidrd thi' lish lin,.. 
Tx-i'msEin said to the rocks at the liottimi ..f tlie sea that thry shoidd 
help him. and tinnlly he said to hi- jaw. ■•P.reak oil. jaw I I am 
getting- tired." Then his jaw hi-,,ke ..If. When tiie lisiierm.-n saw 
the great jaw with a long heard, sonic of them laughed, hut othei's 
were scared. They went ashore, and all the people as-cniMcd i,, the 



K-"e hwfl k-"et go'ut. at g'elpt. Sian-do.xVi'hici. he'lili;m 1 

At "111.- li.' toc.k il, h.' ai.ii. Kiallv he Hunt iri.m inii.-l. 

om-l.itlicullu-r 

nax. at g'e'ipt. K'"e .sa}>ut-<|a'odEi. naxt- ([a-ig"a't. K'"e 2 

bait, lie 111. Ml. Th.n .iitircly ^va^< tlu' l.ail the lishermcii. -nii'Ti 

li^j^lu•.l of 

gawaxwa'xdeit ai. hwi'ltg'e. Si:m-mo'k"i k-"ali. g'at x'lxVus 8 

they wniulcruil uhat liappeiucr Ki-ally eauiriit ..ni- "ninii the ju« ..f 

Txii'msEui. Lo-ho'ksk"i. ig'a' ai. x'pa'us Txii'msKin. 4 

Txii'msEiii. ni it \vas the lialilnil at tliejauoi Txii'm^mi 

with it hdi.k 

SEm-da'mgant. Iv''("' g'idi-tjii'k'sk"s Txii'msi-;m. .\(|t-liwila ;"> 

StrniiKly he pi'illi-cl. Then tryiiiK was ilraKKe'l Tx-i'msKln. Willi- . verhiil 

to lie stoppcti _ out liolMii 

k'SE-go'ui. ig'a' ai. ts"Em-a'qtg"e. at hwil iaga-dtViii, ♦,! 

off betook the honk at in his inoulh. he l.eiin; ilown he lielrt 

lo 

lEplo'op ai. ts"E6'\-uX UL qan-i.Eina'mtg'e. La k'"e 7 

the rocks at the bottom of sea for means helping. i Perf. i then 

da'mgansk"!. laxdia'ye aL moo'lk". K'"e sagait-ie'r. (pi-ig^a't !S 

he was pulled ..iitnii at tile Hsh line. Then toiie'ther w,-nt the lisheniien 

at da'mgandei. im'io'lk". K'"e de-hwi'ls 'i\xa'm.sEm ai. !• 

thev piille.l the line. Then on his ilid so T.xa'msEm at 

part 

ts'Eo'yuX at dExdo'qr. lEplo'op (laii-i.i^ma'mtg'i"'. K-"("' hes In 

the bottom of he holilini; tlie stones means helping. Then -aiil 

the sea o' 

Txil'msEmg-e ai. k-pa'6t: •• K-si-l)t'"''sEii k-pao La dEni 11 

Txii'msEm to jaw: ■iiul lear jiiu i perf. i ifill.i 

gwatk"L (jaodeE." K-"e sa-he'.siL x-pa'ut. K-'et g-a'aL 12 

lost my heart.- Then olf tore his jaw. Then saw 

qa-io-a'L wldv-iia'o wT-max-i<"''m(i. K-"("t hala'g'ixdeit. uigatsY/ut IS 

,'l„. iiii- jaw trreal all l.iaril. Then they laiictheil. Someoftliem 

fishermen Kieai 

laxbeits"e'wut. K-'i"- tsagam-houi. (|a-ig-a't. K-'e .sagait-ie'L 14 

were scared. Then ashore escaped the lishenncn. Tlien togetlier went 



;,•_> lUKKAV <»K AMEKKAN KTHXOLUGY (bill. 27 

.hi.'fs hoiix'. ThiMV they looked at tlio trrt'at jaw. Txa'nisKin went 
ashore, eoiiiiiiir out of the Water. He was •greatly worried. Then he 
reiNiited and -aid. •• I am always doinjr tiiis to myself." He arrived at 
the town while tiie peojile were looking' at the jrreat jaw in the chief's 
hi>u>e. Txfi'msKm entered and sat down near the door. He saw the 
|)e..|ile lookini: at the irreat jaw. He held his l)hiuket over his mouth 
t.i lover iiis lost jaw. When he saw his own j^reat jaw he stretched 
out lii> hand, sayinj/. "(Jive it to me." He took it and looked at it, 
tnrninjr it over and over, examininj^ it. Then he put it on and ran 
out. and the jjeople said. ••That is Txii'msKui. the cheater!" Then 
Txa nisKm was well ajpiin. 

11. Txa'msKin went on. He was \ery hungry, and he saw a steel- 
lieud salmon jumping in the river. Then he devised ii plan. He 



1 


gat ai. 


bwilpi. 


sKm'a'g'it. at 


g'a'adeL wi-kpa'o. K"'e 




tin- I.. 


llu- liouw 

of 


Ihe fhief. they 


they saw the jnw, Tlien 
great 


2 


spi-ift's 


Pxii'msKui 


ai, t.s'Em-a'k's. 


Aba'^'ask^t ai. hwi'ltg-e. 




«.li..r.' «uni 


TxA'uL-Ein 


oul in ttnlur. 


He WHS troubled ahum what lie did. 



3 SKm-gulfk's-e'tk"si, ipVott ai, he'tg'e: "LEp-ne'K t|ane-hwila 

V.T)- M.-l( nilli-.! In> licurl and said: "Self I alwavs 
(n-iKiit,-.li 

4 gon." K"'e na-lia'xt ai. ijal-ts'a'p. La he-yu'kt ga'ai. gatL 

ihl-." Tluii out he niu lo the town. Then they began to sec it the 

of WiMMis people 

5 wi-x"i)a'o ai. hwilpi. sEm'a'g'it. K-'e de-ts'e'ns Txii'msEin laEt. 

the jaw III the house III the chief. Then also entered Txii'msEm in there. 

I! K"'e de-d'a't ai. a'dz'Ep. K""et g'a'ai, hwil a'lg'ali, g'at 

Then ulwi lie -jii at llioil.>ir. Then lie saw iverbal e.-caniiued it the 

<\«\\i\ noun) people 

T wi-x'pa'ot. MEii-Lo'tVlEs Txii'msEm gula't at ia'Xi-, hwil 

the Jaw. I'|. puslii-1 Txii'msKin his blanket to hiile it. being 

.'> ax-k'pVutge. K"'('t i|"am-i,(VodEi. an'o'ntg'e. ai. uit hwaL 

«iih- his Jan. Then jnst lie sireteh- his hand, when (pcrf.) he found 
"111 ed out 

'•' wi-lEp-xpa'o ai. awa'at. "Xda'e," deya'. At go'ut. K''et 

hi< own Jaw ai his Hive it to he said. He took it. Then 
kTent (.rcixiinily. nie," 

It' k'wa't.s'ik-s-tgo-ma'gat: at la'ag'alt. Sa-lo-d'e'st aL lEp-kpa'ut. 



liiui'h anmiid 


he 
turned ii. 


he 


exaini'ne 


dit. Sud-in he o 
denly pushed it 


■n own 


his jaw. 


11 llufl kV- k> 


•i-ba'xt. 


H 


wil k- 


e hei. he'ldEui 


g-a'tg- 


e: "La 


Then mil 


1 he ran 




Th. 


■u they nianv 
saiil 


IH^ople 


"(Perf.) 


1- lillX lie'd !i 


IS TxainsEni, gwix-ifi'mq'a.sgu't." 


K'e 


inatkc 


aunln it i> lie 

1."! Txil'msKm. 


Txa 


'insei 


"• 


the cheater." 


Then 


he was 
well 


Txii'inaeni. 














11 11. Ul i.-'s 


Txii'msEm. 


K--V 


sEiiigal Xdaxt. 


K--.-t 


g'a'aL 


1 IVrf he 

1.-. hwfl goksJ. 


Tx,i-lii«K 

uiEle'l 


in. 


Then 

Ni.k- 


very he wils Ihen 
hunfrry. 

'C' SE-WUSEn-x6'osk"t. 


he saw 

Ni-k-'et 


nherv Jiiui|-.-l 


a Mivl-he 


ad 


Th.n 


he up his mill! 


il. 


Then 



""■'■■J TSIMS)1I.\\ TK.XIS fj;;{ 

kicked :i n.rk und nmde a dr,.]. Iml,.. II,. .;,id witl, a l.,u(l v.,i,-.'. 
"Steel-hoad salmon, hit uiy heart."" After he ha<l said so he sat down 
quietly. The steel-head salnion hit his li,.ail, and Txii'insKni lay there 
dead. After a little while he oimmicI his ,.yes and he saw tJuit the 
salmon had jumped over the h<de that he had made. Then h.' kieked 
the rock a .second time, and he auain told the salniun to hit his heart. 
He sat down again and the .same wa> repeated. He t,,ld the salmon 
to hit his heart, and it did .so. A^ain he was dead. .Vfter a while 
he opened his eyes and .saw the salmon lyine- in the hole near tin- 
water. He rushed down to cateh it. i)ut lie could not reach it. He 
kieked the rock a third time, and sat down a^ain. Then he told the 
salmon to hit his heart. It did so. and again he was dead. His heart 



g-idi-k-i.a'([si. lo'op. NLk-"e wTdo-La'pi. loop. Ni.k-"e l 

right luklikc.l n, stone. Thrn !,'ri',it in .lei.|. sli.ii. . Tlii'li 

there 

a'lg-ixtg-e. Wl-amhe't: •■I)a(|sk"i. <|ao(ir'K. midO't!" ' i.i'sk-r, -J 

bespoke. He slimited; 'Hit mvlirarl >ti'i-l-lieail He 

Milni,.n:" liiiislieil 

het, k'"e ama d'a't. K-'et e'uXi. niKJe'ti. (la'odEt. K -"e 8 

he theTi well he.«at Then hit tin^teel-liea.l his henn. Then 

said , down. stdnmn 

no'ot. K''e La tj'a'axL ts"a'Klt ;ii. hwil no'ot. K-"et g'a'ai, 4 

he was Tllen i pert, l he his eves at wluTe he was Then he saw 

dead. opened ' d.ad. 

mElc't i.a t"uks-da'ui-t. Iv'"et huX i;--?did;'i.a'(isi, liVop. 5 

the steel- ipeil. I out had gone. Tlien asain riKlit he kiclied tlie stone, 

headsalni.m there 

k"'e'lh?:lt. K'"e ha'ts'ik'sEm huX he'te'e at gun-go'oi, qa'odEt li 

a. second Then onee more again he said he eausi-d to hit his lieart 

time. 

aL mp:le't. Iv'"e huX tuna . d"a't. HuX lio'^'igat ui 7 

at the steel Th.li again well lu-s,it .\gain like' iperf.) 

head .salmon. down. 

waLen-hwi'lt. XLk'"e huX a'le'ixt at eiui-e'o'ui, (la'odKt :il S 

formerlj- he did. Then again he spoke to eans.- lo hit his heart lo 

mEle't. K"\" huX hwilL niKle't. K""e huX no'ot. K*"e '•' 

the steel- Then again he did .so tliesleel- Then again he was Then 

headsalmon. lieail .salmon. iiea«I. 

La ha'tsik'sEm huX qYi'axi. ts'a'iolt. nLk"'e i.a lo-.s<r-i't aL 10 

when onee more again he his eyes. Ih.-n (pert, i in he lay in 

opened 

loks-g-e'wit. At g'a'at, hwil k-"e iaga-he'tk"t aL dKUit H 

in the lowest Then he saw it. alone.. down to he i" am.) 

hole. 'lie water rnshed 

go'ut. KT't sq'ok-st aL di:mt go'ut. K-'et linX '^ 

take it. Then he was out of at ifnt.' h.- look ii. Then again 

reach 

g-idi-k-La'(isL l<V(')p. NeL gula'alt. K'T' hnX dVit; k-"e '-'^ 

right he kieked Ihest.aie. Then llie thini tim,-. Then again he s<it then 

there tuiw ii; 

huX het at uTin-gtVuL qa'odKt. K'T' luiX hwiU, mKle't. 1 + 

again he to eause ^f. hit his heart. Then aeain did eo Ihe stvel- 

S said ''""' ■■^'""""• 



■ This .sentence is in G-iikiun dialect. 



r,4 KIKKAf "K AMKKICAN KTHXOLOGY (bill. 27 

was ,w..ll.-ii. Tli.-i. I I>.'n.-a his oyi's ajriiiii. and saw tlir >alinon 

whi.li lay rijrht in tli.- iiiiiMl.- of th.- rock. He went down slowly 
and iiill>rlit it. 

!•_'. Now lie- did not know liow to propare his food. So he sat down 
aii.l"d.-f.-(at.-<l. Th.-i. Ii.' askt-d his cx.ivni.'iits. •• What shall I do. my 
.•X. T.-m.-iitsr" Tli.-y s:iid. •■Stwiin it in a hole." Then he eiit wood, 
lint wliile lie was doinj.' ><> he foitrot what he was to do. Then he sat 
.lown ajrain iin<l def.-.ated. ( )nly a littU- eaine out. He asked. •• What 

>1kiII I do. invex.ivii tsJ" They said. ■■Steam it in a hole." They 

s|K>ke in a low voi.c Now Txii'msKm jrathered stones, and he said all 
the time. ■•Steam it in a hole." He said it as though he was singing. 



1 lv-"e buX nool. i-i -itk'i. >iaodEt ai. hwi'ltg-e. K-'e 

Thi'ii «ic»ln hcwu.1 (iwrf.i it swc-lkil his heart lU hi-f1i<lsn. Then 

dead. 

•2 huX hwTli. niKle't. huX gO'yii- qii'odEt. K"e huX . tfa'axL 

iiif»lM dl.l -I ihfMevI iiBiiiii tic hit his heart. Then again heopened 

henil suhnnn. 

X t>'a'Klt. k'et g-a'ai. iiiEle't. Lo-.sg-I't ai. lo-ks-se'lgut lo'op. 

lil..vi-» (hi'ii he-a» ilii' «leel In it lav at in middle-most stone, 

hi'ii.l salmon. 

K^'et sro'uL niEle't. 



4 K--.- 


iaga- 


ia'etg'e. 


Ilagul-hw 


I'ltge. 


Tli.-i 


1 down 


he went. 


slowly he 


did so. 


-. K-. 


• ia'et. 








IlK-n 


he 








.; ': 


.'. K '•".-• 


a«|t-liwila 


.l/alii-.t 


ai. dEUit 




Then 


with- NinK 

out 


to make 
it 


to (fnt.) 


7 '"■ 


si])a'iitg 


•e. K--.--t 


g'e'daxi. 


sipa'nt: 


1" 


hi' ilefe<-,it 


.il. Then 


he iLskinl 


his 



g'e'fpt. Ni.k''e d'fit 

hisiiMvi. Then he sjit 

down 

■"Ago'i. dF.ni hwi'leE 

■What ■ Int. I I do 

exerements; 

s I.E. g'ua't.st'Er" K""i"' a'lgixi. sipa'ntg'e: "■Sfi'lEbEL!" K"'e 

(iH-rf niv est-n*- Then siKike his exei\'inents: ".Steam it in a Then 

liietitv." hole." 

.i s«-a'i.k"tg'e. He-yukt sa-aV)i,k"t. k-'t' t'ak-i, dEni hwi'ltge. 

tie lln-w.«Hl ll.-t.'innlni: he lire- Ih.ii he ifilt.i In- did. 

„,„de made w.««l. forgot 

III K''r> lig"i-k"iii.-d"a't. K'l"' ha'ts'ik .sEm huX dTit. K"e huX 

TiH'ii iiuv- alxiiit he Then once more again hesiii. Then again 

where Nil. 

]| a'd'Tk'sk"!. ksaXt; i.go-t.s"o'osk"i. k.saXt. K'"e huX 

,,iiii,' it ueiii: liille small ilwentont. Then axain 

12 liet: •'Ndai. iIeiii hwi'lr-E i.e. g'ua'tseEr" K"'t"' i.go-a'Ig'ixL 

heiii'l VVIiai lot.. I do ipert.i. my exere- Then little it spoke 

ment.s'.'" 

i:! ii-- giia'Ist: •■S"i'1e1)EL." Ts'o.sk'i. a'lg'ixt. K'"et sagait-do'qs 

In- . \. r.- Steam It In a l.iitli' il spoke. Then together took 

iii.io- hoi.-." 

14 Tx:i'm>Kni It'i'op. K"'e «ia'iie-liw?la a'lg'ixt: ■"Sfi'lEbELl" K"'!"' 

r\ii'ni-t:in *toiirs. Then always hesi^ike; "Steam il in a Then 



=0-^si TSIMSHIAX TKXTS ,r,r, 

H(> made a sony- of (he woi-ds. ■•Sfoaiii it in ;i Imj..." WIkmi tlir hole 
was hot lie wont to i>-atiiiT I.^um's of tlic skunU-cahbuuv to rover it. 
Then he cut the .sahnon Irnothwise and i)nl it on toj) of tiie li^ives in 
the hole. A stump lay neai- the hole, 'i'lirn he look i)art of the 
salmon out and said to the stiiui|>. shakinu- the salmon. " I am sure yon 
envy me. Stump." Thi^n hi- wml to l;.'! sonir nioic h'avrs «hi<-li were 
to serve as his dish, .\ftcr he had lefl. the Slump moved and .sat, 
down on toj) of the hole. Now Txri'msKiii returned to eat. Heliold. 
the Stump was sittiny- on the liole. Then ho opened his mouth and 
cried on aeeount of his food. lie took a lon(,>- lever and turned ihr 
Stump over. Behold, it had eaten all the salmon. Tiirn lie hit tlir 
Stump with stones, and turned it all oxrr with his lever until the 
Stump was broken. It was (piite rottm. lie found a few small 



ho'tr-igat le'mKdei. he'tu-e, ai. hwtl k'"e' an-mi; le'nix't ai. l 

like' Mnsili.i; ll.-siii.l. at l..-iin; tli.'li iiiiikilii; a ^..ni; I'f 

■•sa'lEl)Ki>I"' lv'"e i.a e'ami, an da'li'.ptg'e. k''e si:-hina'((t 2 

"steam it 111 a Tliiii u hen Imt the huh' f.ir suwiiiii!;, then hi' inndo leaves 

hok'.- (ifskmik-calilmgo 

ai. dK.m ha'yai:m sfi'lupt. lv'"et hadix'-qo'tsi, niEle't. K''e ?> 

til I int. I u-rul M.-amiuu Ihili h'lmthwise he- I'lit llu' ^ti'ul-hi'ail Thi'li 

salnimi, 

txa-lc-ba'Lt at. lax-o'i, an-sa'lF.p. (^'ai'yun d"aL an-.sfi'lKpt -^ 

all im lie .m mi tup. if huh- fnr rlns,- by was ihi' lioh' for 

spread stfamini;, >It'amiiiK 

aL awa'aL ani-ha'ts'. K'"et k'si-ao'ui. (|'a])i, iiiEle't. K"'e •'> 

at tllepro.x- n slumii. Thin .nil li,' l,...k thi'i'iiil the>ti'.'h 11. en 

imity of "1 h.ail si.lni.in. 

he'tji'^e ar, am-lia'ts': ••No'mdzfk-s. hats":" deyti', at sa'wui, '> 

he said t.i the slump: "You must envy ni.-. sliinip;" thus In- he sliiiiik 

mrJe't. K'T' huX ie'et ;u, sE-hina'(|t ai. dKin wa'ost. Nl T 

thesteel- Then HKuin he li.niake leavesiit to Ifnl.l hisdish. That 

llead salmon. went skunk laliliaKe 

qalfi'nt, k-"e l("'-<^a'ik.suiiL auidia'ts" ar. an-sa'lKpi, iiiKle't. ^> 

after then on ' erawie.l the ^tniri]i nn 1 he hole for Ihesleel- 

steaniiliK head sjihnon. 

K'"e lo-va'ltk"t ill, dKiu yo'oxk"!. (iwina'dt'i.. le-dVi'i, '•' 

Then he returned to (fnt.i eat. liehold. ..n sit 

am-ha'ts" ai, lax-an-sa'lK]>t. lv-"e (|"ai|t (at.) wi-y('''tk"l li.vil l'» 

the stump at on ihe li.ile lor Then lie opened willi ■■ryini; 

hwi'lL dEiii e-e'ipt. K-'et uri'ui. uan. k'V't qe'iiiE^rant H 

he did so (fnt.i hisl 1. Then he look a'sliek. Iheii he l.irmsi over 

Willi lever 

wi-am-lnVts". (iwina'dei,. d/.ai. am-ha'ts" (Ikiii <,'-e'ipt<ife. K'T't 1- 

the slllllip. Hehohl, lie 111.' all tli.'Mlltiip fill. I his food. Then 

great _ 

k"u'-ax-"o'x-i. am-ha'ts"u--e ai, liVoj) <|ani, k"iii.-qaiu-f|e'mE,<:ant. '•■ 

„„ |„. lilt UieMiimp uith ston.'^ ami ah.ail only ^^^l';' ;;;;';;;';;,^ 

K-\~' u'liso-waEL ua'ny-e am ha'yi.x. K'"et hwithwa'i. k'OpE- ^^ 

Then '" wasljr.iken hie sink well rotleii. Then he l.mii.l s.imU 



5t; HL-KKAL- OK AMKKKAN ETUXoLPGY (B.I.I..27 

piuiTS of frt'sh .salni..n. 11.' put tli.-s.- int.. hU iu..iith and he was very 
imnjrrv while doiiifj so. 

V.i. He went on towar.l the sea and eiiten.l thi- luHise of the (irizzly 
Hear. He asked him to join him in catthin<r halibut, but the Grizzly 
IWr Miid that h.- had n.. Iniit. Txa'msEUi replied. "We will use oui- 
own lK.dies as bait; we will use our testicles." He earned the tail of 
the steei-h.-ad .sjilmon. T.\a'msKm went down to the water and took 
the ean.n' of the Grizzly Hear. While he was doing so. the Bear rose 
and went into the canoe, and they started for the fishing bank. Now 
thcv rea.hed it, and T.v-i'msKni pretended to lut off his penis and to 
tie it on to his hook for bait. The Grizzly Hear saw the act. but was 
afraid to do the same. He was surprised at what he .saw Tx-i'iiisKin 
<l(.ing. The hitter urged him. .saying. "CJo on. do the same:" but the 



1 gatKpte'tgum k-sa-hd'n. K-*et lo-d'a'tElt aL ts'Eni-a'qt aL 

lil«-o.of fresh Mimon. Then in lie put it at lii his imd 

* mouth 

2 sKm-Xda'.vt ai. hwi'ltg'e. 

;Fr)' hungry «nd he did so. 

:; l:.. K-'e ha'ts'ik'sEiii huX ie'et ai. ano-la.x-mo'oni. ((a'ot. 

Thill oncf iniin' again he went to townr<l on sun lie went. 

4 K e t.s'ent ai. hwilpL lig-'e'Ensk". K-"et sa'lIxL lig-'e'Ensk" 

Then he cnierol at the house of the grizzly bear. Tlaii he Ijade the grizzly hear 

."> aL dEMi ig"H't. •• Ai|L-na'Em."' deya'i, lig-'e'Ensk". "DEm 

I,, (tut. I catch •With- liait we." thus .said the grizzly bear. ■iFiit.) 

halibut. out 

«! JKp-hwa'yinii, dsm iia'Em," deya's Txii'msEm. "Deui iia'Em 

»lvwi we find I Int. I our bait." thus .saiil Txii'msEui. "(Fut.j our bait 

7 ga'ipnom." K'e k'ui.-yu'kdeL wI-La'tsxi. niEle'tg'e. NLk'"e 

our iej.ilele«. ' Then abiuit he carried the tail of the steel-head Then 

great .salmon. 

.S .■,iya'otk"s Txa'msEm at iagsi-gO'uL malL lig-'e'Ensk". 

•larted Txa'm-sKm to down take the canoe of the grizzly bear. 

to sea 

'.« K"'e hnldEin-bu'xL lig''e'Ensk" aL hwils T.xii'msEm. K-'e 

Then rose the grizzly bear at he did so Txa'msEm. Then 

; ' iiks-he'tk"det ai. aii-I'g-a. K-'e ui le-g-a'odet. k-'et .sa-tj'o'tsL 

■ 111 to Ihev stood to the plai'cof Then I pert. > on thcv were then oil he cut 

M-k halibut llshlng. there, 

11 lEp-j,iin-dEde'ii.st iKp-.sma'xtg-t''. K-"et le-da'kLL naxt. k'et 

hi. ■ penis his tlesh. Then on he tied his bail, then 

12 gii'rti. lig-'e'Ensk". K'i"' xpEdz'a'Xt aL dEui de-hwi'lt. 

^-x It the grizzly Ix-ar. Then he was afraid at (fut * also hedocs 

l.'J I.i«'i-'>ana'Lk"t luvils Txii'iiisKiu. K-"i"' hii'q'als Txii'msEm: 

lie uiL'-iLstonLihol heillds.. TxamsEiu. Then nrge<l him Txii'msEm: 

14 "(iwo'oin, lao'n df-hwi'lEiiI" K-'c sEiiigal xpsdz'a'.XL 

■•<;.■ ahead. t.iyi.u als.j .loli:' Then very afraid was 



BOAS] TSIMSHIAX TK.XTS 57 

Grizzly liciir was afraid to tU> su. 'I'licii 'r\;i'm,-r.iii 1)u>1iimI lii> knif,. 
along the canoe, hamliiiL;- it to the Hear. Nnw tjie Bear eiit idl' his 
penis, and he faintr<l. When he fill llial lie was (lyiny. lie maile a 
rush at Txa'nisEni. trying- ti> kill him. Imt 'I'xa'insKni jumped into the. 
water and dived. He eluuu' to the how of the canoe, and when he, 
knew that the Bear was dead, iu' l)oarcled the canoe a<rain. He went 
ashore and stepped up to the i5ear"s wife. 

He put .stones into the tire and told llie female (irizzly Bear to 
swallow the hot stones. He said that the wives of those who do not 
catch anything must do so, and she was to do so. hecause her hus- 
band had not caught any halihut. 'I'ln' chieftainess trusted hiui. 
Txii'm.sEm took up the stones with tongs. He told her to open hin- 



lig''e'Ensk"g"e ai- dEui de-hwi'lt. K""et wusKn-ma'gas i 

the grizzly bear iit i fiit. ) also he does Tlu-n nloliK pm 

Txii'msEui ha-LEhe'isk" ai. dEm de-hwi'Ii, lig'"e'Ensk" La •_' 

Txii'msEm a knife to ifuT.i also do su liie prizzly l»ear ijierf. i 

hwi'ltg"c. K'"e det-(i"o'tsi. lig'"e'Ensk"i. La gan-dEde'list. K-"e 3 

he did so. Then also eut llw grizzly hear ipasli ' his penis. Then 

no'oL lig''e'Ensk". Lat haiir. di;m hwil no'ot. k'"e 4 

he was the grizzly hear. When lie felt ,inl.i l.eint; he <iies, then 

dying 

wusEn-he'tk''t aL dEm (lzak"s 'rxii'msKiii. K'T't uks-.s6'6ksk"s 5 

along he rushed t.i ifut.i kill T\a-nisliu. Then out of dived 

t-anoe 

Txii'msEiH ts'Ein-a'k-.-. lv-"et M-ildEp-da'll)ik-sk"L g-it.s"ii'gaL 6 

T.xii'msEui ill water. Th.-n under he elnni; the b.i\v of 

mal. K'"e i.at hwilfi'xT. hwil no'oL lig'"e'Ensk". k'"e 7 

the Then whet. he knew heiiiK dead the K-rizzly hear. then 

canoe. 

ha'ts'ik-sEiH huX ma.\k"t ai. ts^Em-mal. K-"e t.sagani-lie'tk"t. .s 

oneemore again he hoarded at in th,- Then to sh,.re hest,»«l. 

K-'e bax-iii'et aL awa'aL nak-si. lig-"e'Ensk". '.» 

Then np he to the pro.x- the wile thegrizzly 

went inilty ol of hear. 

K-'e txa'klKL lo'op. K-'e het dEint g-i"'ipi. hana'gam M 

Then he put inn. .stones. Then hesai.l (fnt.l eats the female 

the tire 

lio-'f'Ensk" »-a'mi|-im hVoptr-e. K-'et mfu.t g'ap-iiwila 11 

grizzly hear ' hot so.nes. Then he told really 

hwi'lL naksi. ax-nu.'gut. aL hwil ax-mo'k"L nak'sL ii' 

.!„, . il„.,vif..,,f not e-lIelVin" heealls.- not eanght tile hns- 

does.s.) Ihewil. ol n,.t citinin^. laind of 

hana'gam lig•■e'Knsk^ K-'e ax'ia'ksk"!, .sig-idEmna'(ig-e. IM 



the female 



11, en trusted thei-liiellail 



K-'et hak"is Txii'msKm hVt'.pg-e aL gant. K-'et gun-tfa'kL 14 

Then h.okup Txa'iHsE,.. stones with stieks. Then ^J^^ heMo 

with tongs 



'(S BIKKAI' i>K AMKKICAN KTHXoLoGY [bvi.i..->7 

iiioutli ami he put tlie hot stones into it. Then she tuiiililed ahout. and 
'rxri'iiisKiii hit her all over while she was doing so until she was 
(lead. He walkeil ilowii at onee and took the Hear that he had killed 
lirst out of the eaiioe. He eut hini first, and then his wife. Both 
the IJcars were dead. He stayed there for many days eating. AVhen 
he had eaten all the provisions of the Bear, he left again, not knowing 
where he went. 

14. Then he went out of the woods and eanie to a house, the hou.so 
of Littli' I'itch, who was rich, and lived there with his wife. Then 
Little IMteh invited him in and he ate. ^^'hen he was satiated, he .slept. 
Thi'u he >aid that they would go to eateh halitiut. Little Pitch wa.s 
williipj-. and >ui>l In liim. ""It is not good for nie to lie out after sunrise. 



1 sig-idKMina'ijg'e. KTt lo-ina'gai. g'a'mg'ini lu'op. K'"e 

thcrhivfuiiii- Tlii'Ti ill he pill liot stones. Thin 

2 k*uL-i|alMi'ksk°L .sig'idKmna'qg'e. K"et k"Le-ia'ts.s Txa'iii.sKin, 

■ biiiii liinil>K'<l till' clikftain' Thon till hit her T.xii'm.'iEni. 

ejo". over 

;'. iji k'uL-(|aha'k.sk''t. Iv'e no'ot. llwil k'"e iaga-ie'et. 

while ut».iit ^he tumble<i. Th.ii vhe ilie.l. At niuc down he 

to sea went. 

4 .Ni.kT't uks-gO'uL wi-lig'r>'Knsk"i. Le k's-qa'gum dza'k"det. 

Thiii out hi> IiK.k the j:rijaly In^ur (perf. i lirst' lie had killed, 

irreiit 

.'• K''e hKLhii'i.t. (|ani. huX k''a'gui.. Ticpxa'ti. lig'e'Knsk" 

Then hespn'ad and al«i one. Two (irizzlv hears 

them. 

C, gul-^ida'wut. K-'e niik"i, yo'6.\k"t, at ge'ipt ai, wI-he'klKL 

both Mere dead. Then Ioiik he ule. he ate fur many 

it 

7 sa. K-'e dziiL wuna'.\-i, lig-"e'Ensk"g-e. K'et huX ksta'ti-sit; 

.lay.. Then he ale all the food of the Bri7.zly t • ■ ' n aeaiii he left- 



>> i|'aisl>a.sa-ia'et. 



:. 14. K 


"e huX na-lia'xt 


al. 


v-\di. hwilp: hwilps i,g< 


)-.sga'n. 


Th 


•11 apiin out o( he 
u.««l> ran 


t" 


one h.ai.^e; the lionsi' of littl 


• piteh. 


III .\ma 


hwi'l (|ani. nak'st 


l0-l>agade'l. K-'e 


le-yukL 


Kh'li 


»a. he ati.l 


his wife 


in- i».i. Then 
side 


began 


11 w.Votk".-. 


i-gt>-'Sg'a'n la'ot 


ai. 


amu yOoxk'tg-e. K-'e 


ts'jix-t. 


invi!i'<l 


mile piteh lohlm 


at 


well he ale. Then 


he was 


IJ IvV- 1 


0-waVot la'ot. 


K-'e 


heL dEHi iga't ai. 


dKIllt 


Then 


11 he«lepl III 11. 


Then 


he said (ful.) to fish ai 
halibnt 


(Int.) 


1."! mr»k"i. 


txox-. K-'e .saxk"s 


Lgo-sg-a'n. K-'e k-s 


-qa'gum 


.a|. h 


halll.ill Then »a 


willing 


Utile piti'h. Then 


first ' 


14 a'lgixs 


i-go-sg-a'n as 


T.xii' 


iisKui: ••Nigi a'me 


atsEda 


>«ld 


lilt!- pitel, to 


liu'msEia. 'Not 1 


when 








g(x>ii 





8"^^l TSIMSHIAX TKXIS 5<) 

limist return while it i- still .hilly. 1 shall liuve em. iiu-h l,y that lime." 
Txii'msEm rc'pliea. ■• 1 shall do whatever you say. Cliief." Utile 
Pitch said. ■•Well:" Then they staited for the lish l.aiik. They 
fished all niuht. When the sun ros<' Little I'it.h wanted to '^<> asiiore. 
but Txii'msKni said. •• I i-njoy the tishinu'. Lie down in the how of 
the eanoe and eovei' yoursidf with a nial." Little Pitch did so. 'riien 
Txii'nisKin said. •■ Little I'iteli!" ■•Ihdi!"" he replied. After a while 
i'xa'nisKm called a,i>ain. "Little PitchI" 1 le answered airaiii in a loud 
voici'. After some time Txii'msKm called again. Then Little Pitch's 
voice was weak. .Now T.\;i'm-i:m hauled up his line and paddled home. 
He pretended to j.addle stroui^ly. hul he put his j)addles into the water 

k".si-iJ-wa'ntk"L i.oqs. Q'ae-uuyiuia'uandi's. k'"e huX k'"a't.s<rue. [ 

out rises the sun. still .liilly. lli.-u nL-iiin I lanil. 

Ami. iiape'ii. lua'^ueK." K''e a'lii'ixs Txii'msKui: ""Lia-'i-aijo'i, ■/ 

A mimbor I ftitcli.'- Tlu-u sni.l T-\:i'ins]:in: ■ Wl.i.tvv.T 

goo. I 

dEUi he'ni.st, sKm'a'ji'it, (Ikui Invi'leE." Iv''e hes Lgo-.str-a'n: :', 

(fut.i you.say. rhiuf. ifnt.i I (l<i." I'hiMi sni.l littU' pilcli; 

"•Ami" K'"e sio'a'otk"dpt ai, ijr'a'det dniu dE-nui'kdel 4 

■•Weill" TIhti thi-v stMrte.l to tisli aiit. i iliev listie.l 

lullihlll 

txox-. K'"e hwi'ldet ai. wT-sa'. K'"e k'si-yu'kL i.o'qsgj-e, ;> 

hiilibul. Then tlieydids.. nt all ilay. Tli.-ii ..ut rose the sun. 

k'"e hes i.i>o-sg-a'n dEiii tsagam-g'Ti'ndet. K'"e luyi hes 

then -ai.l little piteli (fiu.i asli'nre ihev gn. Then n.> -aid 

T.xii'msEm: •' Q"ae-he-yu'ki. a'k'sdtii. mo'gueE. Q"am-lo-<Ca'Ei,En 7 

Txa'msEm: "Still lieginning sweet I eatili. only in lie diiwn 

ai. i;-ila'nEst. Qolk'sk"!. sqa'naE." K-"e liwils i.go-.sjr'a'n. .S 

i„ ' thebcnv C,>ver voiirsell a iniit." Then .Ij.l -.. little pileli. 

with 

K"'e hes Txii'msElu: •■i.go-sg'a'nl" ••(Jwdl" .Sj-go'En !• 

Then said Txii'msKm: "Little piteh!" "Heh!' .\iter a while 

k"e huX hes Txa'msKUi: " i.go-.sg-ii'nl" K-'e hiiX 10 

then asam said Txa'ni-K:ii: -Little piteh' ' Then again 

g-Wiiotk"s Lgo-.sg-a'n: aiiia u\vaotk"t. R-Tdi. huX a'esk"s 11 

answered little piteh: well he answer- Onee more called 

Txii'msEin. K-T' ali'sk"i. hes i.go-.sg-a'n. K-'et sa'g-is 12 

Txa'nisEm Th.'ii weakly said little piteh. Then hauled 

Txii'msEUH. i--a't. llwil k-"e' hwax't. T.sagain-liwa'x-t. l". 

Txi'ms|!m hTshonk .U...lee he paddled .Vshore he pa.ldled. 

and line. 

K-"e iii'o-i ho'o-ixi. hwax-t. hai.i-g-a ofEnti. hwax't. Ai. 14 

Then nnx really he ,.a.ldled, edge- he put his paddle. AI 

.sEm-dax-o-a'dEui hwax-t. k-'O hek"i. hwi'ltg-e. K'T-t I-"' 

very stuuigly he paddled. then helled he did Then 



00 BrREAi; «>K AMKKICAX KTHNOUKSY rBri.i..>7 

I'd^pwisf. Ajriiiii 111- lalli'd. ••Littl.' rit.hl" •■Ilcli:" Little Pitrh 
replied, but his voice was verv weak. Tlien Txa'iusEUi knew that Lit- 
tle Pitth was dvintf. Behold, piteh eame out and niii over the halihut 
where Little Piteii died. Therefore the halibut is black on one side. 

That is the end of another adventure of Txtl'iusEiii. He always ate 
all the food of the chiefs. II<- killed two chiefs, (irizzly Bear and 
Little I'itch. 

l.j. He did another thinir. He found the town of the air. He saw- 
houses, and heard people .saying. "'The chief is coming," but he 
did not .see anyone. A man said to him, "Enter the hou.se of the 
chief." Then he entered. He walked proudly and erect. Behold, 
a mat was being spread for him on one side of the house. Txii'msEm 
.-•at down on it. Behold, a box opened of itself and salmon came out 



1 etk"s Lgo-sga'n: "Lgo-sg'a'n!" "Gul" ts'osk'L am-he't. K'"et 

be IllUo pilch: "UttlL- pilch!" "Heh:" little voice. Then 

cnllvd 

- hwila'x's Txa'uisEin La no'os Lgo-sg'a'n. Gwina'de. sgan 

knew Txfi'msEm iiicrf.) dead little pitch. Behold, pitch 

•■5 ui rrd"ik'.sk°t ai, lax-o'L txox'. ljx no'o.s Lgo-sg'a'n. 

I IHTf. I came ut nil t"p n( the when died little pitch. 

halibut, 

4 Nujan hwili, t.xox" stEx-t'o'tsk''L an-sto'ot go'Entse. 

Thcrvlop- 1« Imlibiil half black it-s one side now. 

."( HuX sa-ba'xL k''elL hwils Txii'msEm. Q'am-dzidza'LL 

AKain the end iif one did Txii'msEm. Only he ate nil 

ti wune'x'L sEmg'ig'a't an-hwi'ntg"e. i.a bagade'h, sEmg'ig'a't 

the (.mil ihcchief.s what he did. ilVri.i "two chiefs 

of 

7 ia'tstg'e; lig""e'Ensk" (|ans Lgo-sg"a'n. 

hcklllcl; IhcKrizzly and little pitch, 

bctir 

s ir.. HuX k't'-h. hwi'ltge. K-'et hwaL ts'apL ha. KseX- 

.\Kaln one he did. Then he found the town the Only 

of air. 

;» huwi'lp. <iani. al'a'Ig-JxL gat. Naxna'yit: "A'd"iksk"L 

honv-. aiKl they people. He heard: "There comes 

talked 

10 sKniViV-idF^^t. ha'u." K-Y' ni'git ga'aL g-aL ho'tg-e la'ot: 

" '>'ef. h/iu." Tluii noi he saw the man who to him: 

said 

11 *'.\mi. iIkiii t.s"i"-iit ai. hwilp. sKm"a'g"idEst." K-'e ts"e'ntg'e. 

""i.K.I .'ul.i he cn- al thehoUM-. the cliief." Then he entered. 

tcre<l 

I-.' "(Ji. sKni'iVgit. gl." K-'e a'dziksEin iS'tge. At ^"ap-he't'EuL 

"Thi. chlci. ihl.« Then proudly he walke<l. He really put up 

l:t t-s'iVKltge. Gwina'deL. sqa'naE ui ha'Lt an-sto'oL hwilp. 

bijifncc. Behold. a mat iperf.i spread on the one the house. 

side of 

U K-'C" !e-d'a'.s Txii'msEm la'ot. Gwiua'dcL, han. gwa'lgwa hstn 

Then ou «at Txu-m.-itan on it. Behold. salmou. dried Milmon 



^"■""'^ TSIMSIIIAN TKXTS gj 

of it. A dish wallaMl to tlir liiv all l,\ it-rlf. Tx-i'ni>Ki., was .nurh 
astonished. It lay down in In.nt .,f him. 11,. tli<)ii<rht al.out it 
while he was eating. When he had finished, he drank." Then eran- 
berries mixed with grease and watiM- came fn.m the .■orn.T ..f "the 
house and placed themselves in front of him. Then a spoon came to 
him. He took the handle of the sjxMm. hut nohodv was holding it. 
Then he ate. The dish was very small, and he thoiigiit (;) ( ;) "( ;). 
Thus thought Txii'msKm. 1'hen he heard many woiiien laughing near 
the wall of the house. They said, "'i'lie (iiant thiid<s ('.)"( ;>'" ( ;)." 
He heard his own name, Giant, nieiitionrd. lie rose from the |)laee 
where he was eating and went to wIumv the women were speaking. 

La ri'd"ik-sk"t. LE])-(i'a'(ik'"sL i|al-he'TiK(ig-e hwil wi'tk"i, lian 1 

(ptTf.l came. Self „,.e,i,Ml „ l,..x wlu-re ,■„„„■ tr.„n the 

qani. ts'a'k'g-e. K-'e t'Km-i:iet ar. Iax-ts"a'i, lak" ai. ■_' 

an'' a dish. Then towiinl he M „n ecli;e Ihe lire ut 

Ihemi.I.lle wulked ,,( 

lEp-gulik-s-haLa'Eltk"tg-e. K-'e si;nit-lo-sana'ai.k"s Txa'msKm. ;; 

by for itself working. Then verv iiMcinishoil was Tx-i'ni-Fiii 

itself * .... 

K-'e La sg-it aL (|a-.sa'Xt. k-"e a'lg'i.xi, ([aotlg-e. K-'e 4 

Then (iiert.i itlny in front of liini. llien ^|„,lce his niili.l. Then 

La yukt g'e'iptg-e. K-'e Liixt g-e'ipt. k-'e ak-st. K-'e S 

(perl. ,1 he he ate il. .\fler lie lin- eatins. then lie drank Tlien 

began islied 

a'd'iksL La'yix amo'ost, huX ts'Em-(|al-hr>'iiK(| hwil t; 

eame cranberries mixed from t lie also in box where 

with grease and water corner. 

wi'tk"tg-e. K-'e La sg-it aL ija-sa'Xt. K-'et g-idKp-ri'(rtk-sk"L 7 

it came from. Then (perf.) it lay in front of him. Then l.> il,s,.if |.,„m. 

hii'hix- aL awa'as Txt'i'msF.m. K-'et g-ilwul-da'niL an-da'L N 

a. spoon to the prox- T.xu'msEm. Then beyond he held the other 

imity of ' side of 

hii'l)ix-. K-'e ni'g-it hwaL lig-i-ago'. K-'e yr)'<jxk"tg-e sKiii-Lgo'-giit H 

the spoon. Then not he found anythiiia. Then he ate very smiill con- 

sidering 

ts'ak- hwil ts'o'osk-t. Ni.titin hetL (pt'ott: " Dkiii 10 

the disli being too small. Wherenpon said his "(Fnt.) 

heart: 

lig-1-qak-sma'teisHn nE-wii'nt."' deya'L tiats Txa'nisEin. \Lk-'e 11 

(?) what vou thus said the T.\ii'iilsEin. Then 

have," heart of 

heL wi-he'ldEiii hana'tj iiaxna'yTt aL g-itsa'En: ••Hii+ lia + ." li' 

said manv women In- lieard tliem at toward the "llu ha." 

wall: 

"■Deiii lig-i-tiidv-snifi'te iiK-wa'n sg-Egua'sga, d("'ya'sEnL ((ii'ts i;5 

'■iFut.i I.' I what von i.'i savs the 

have heart of 

Wl-g'a't."' K-'et HExna'L lEp-luvii'dEs Wl-g-a'tg-e. K-'f- 14 

Giant." Then he heard his name of i.iiant. Then 

haldEiii-lni'xt ai. hwil yr)'oxk"t-. at (jaoL hwil heL hfi'naq. I."> 

1,L. rose at where he was he went to where spoke thew.iinen. 



1 This sentence is in Tsimshiaii dialect. 



Q2 HIKKAr oK A.MKKK AN ETHNOLOGY [b.il.jT 

but h.- did nut Hud iiiiyoiK'. ultliuiiufh tlnn- were ^^peaking right in front 
of him. He did not sw tlitni. He went hmk to the tire and sU down. 
He w!L-i «|iiite out of Itreatli. Then he thought, "l will take these 
thing- and eat them outside." He rose and took a bundle of salmon. 
He nui t)ut of the house. Imt when he eame to the door they dragged 
him back, and he alnio>t fell down. Then he heard someone saying, 
•• .Sit down. Chief Giant." Txii'msKni sat down again. He was (juite 
out of breath. He rose again and dragged the box from which the l)er- 
ries iiad come toward the tire. Then he was attacked and beaten with 
sticks, although h<' did not see a person. The sticks moved of them- 
selves, hitting his l»ody. his head, his hands, and his feet. Then he 
felt verv l>adlv. He went on. not knowing which way to turn. 

I K-'e ni'g-it Invai. ligi-ago'. Q'ai'yun lo-ara'lg'ixL ts'a'Elt. 

Tlii-ii iiul la- Hiiyihiiiir. ('lost- by in speiikiiig face, 

fituiid 

1' K-'e iii'g-It g'a'at. K'e huX t'Ein-ie'et. K-'e 

Thvii not hosiivv Tlun HRaiii tu tlu- he Then 

ihem. middle walked. 

.1 hiiX d'fit ai. hwil d'a't. SF.na'Lqt aL hwi'ltg-e. K-'e 

■Kitlii he Ml 111 where he .sat. He was mit on ae- he did so. Then 

down hiid of breath eounl of 

4 lu-a'lg-ixi. (la'ots Txii'msKm: "DEm ksE-dE-ba'e dEm g-e'bee,"" 

In ^Tpoke Ihe heart T.^a'm.sEni: ■Shall out with I run ifnt.) lent." 

of 

."< de'yui, (jiVot. Hwil k-'e lialdEm-ba'xt. At go'uL hwil 

thu.- hi-i heart. At onie he m-f. He look 

>aid 

<» xi,Em-da'k-Lk"i. he'klEm han. .\t k.si-dE-ba'xt La dsm 

a bundle mnnv salmon. Ih- oni with ran (perf.j (lut.) 

of 

7 k-si-a'qLk"t aL a'dz'Ep. K'et gulik-s-q'ii'qdet. K-"e 

out he at the door. Then back they dragged Then 

arnve<l him. 

•*< miidzE-sg-i.s Txa'msEm. K-'e huX hcL a'lg-ixL naxna'yit: 

almo-t lay Txti'msEm. Then al^o sjiyin^ speaking he heard: 

'• ".\mL dEui d'a'nEst sEm'a'g-it Wl-g-a't." K-'e huX d'as 

••<ii««l ifui.i sit down ehiel Giant." Then again sat 

down 

1" TxiTmsEm. aL sEna'i.qtg-e. K-'e huX haldEiii-ba'xt. At 

Txa'msEin. and he was out of Then again he rose. He 

breath. 

11 qiVoi. hwil Ifi-d'a'L ui'yix lc g-e'bEtg-e. At t'Em-q'a'qLt. 

went when* in lay berrie-s he was eating. He tfiward dragged 

to Ihe miiidle it. 

l:i K-'6 hwil sagjiit-ha'p'aaL fan k"Le-hisya't8t aL gan^a'n. aL 

Then all together they rushe.1 who all over hit him with stieks, and 

after him. 

IH ni'g'it ga'aL g'at. Q'am-ba'wait-bEbEsba'tsk"L gauga'n t'an 

>i"t hesjiw a iH-rson. By themselves they were lifleil * stic'ks whieh 

14 hisya'tsL i.Kpurnt. t'Em-qe'.st, t|a-an'6'nt. asESii'et. K-'e 

I'll bis b.Kly. bis hcail. his hands. his Then 

feet. 

1.5 sKm-pui'k-sk''t aL hwi'ltg-e. K-'e da'uLt. Q'asbasa-k'uL-ie'etg'e. 

murh h.- was tlr»>.l on ae- what he did. Then he left. Astray atj.iut he went. 



uunt of 



' This .sentence la in Tslmsihian diali 



«"''■'*] TSIMSIIIAN TKXTS 63 

1(). Txii'msKui did still anotiici- tliiiio-. He came to the Ikhim" where 
the Deer was livino- with his wife. There were two persons in 
the house. Then Txii'iiisKni sat down and .said. --Let us uo and out 
wood." He called the Deer liis hrother-in-law. Tlie Deer trusted 
him, and they went to cut wood. While they were s])litting the wood 
the wedges jumped out all the time. Txii'msEiii said to the Deer. 
'• Hold the wedges." He did so. Txii'nisEni struek the wedges with his 
hammer, and .said to the Deer, •'Come a little neaivr to the wedges, 
friendl" The Deer was afraid; but Txii'msKm again asked him to 
come nearer, because the wedges were always jumping out. Txii'msKm 
sang wdiile splitting wood, because he was \-ery glad: ■•llolin. liulio. 

If). HuX k'"elr, hwfls Txii'msEin. K'"et hwai. hwilp liwtl i 

AKain i.iu- thiiit; flid Txa'm^Em. Tlu-n !»■ f.iim<l m hoii«- wlu-ro 

dzo(ii, wan. Nak'si, wa'ng'e lO-bagade'lt ai. hwilp. K''e -j 

campcl the fleer. The wife of the deer in iwh'ihtsi'Iis in the house. Then 

huX lo-d'fi's Txii'msEui la'ot. K'"e hes Txii'msEiu, 3 

also in sat Txa'msKiii in it. Then .said T.xa'msKm. 

down 

a'lg'ixtg'e: '"Ami, dEin sE-ii'Lgum," dC'va'. ai. xs-q'ai,a'ntk"st 4 

he spnke: "(.lood (liit.i we firewood. ' thus he and he eall- brother-in- 

niake .said, e<l him law 

ai. wan. K'"e ax"ici'ksk"L wan. K""e liwi'ldet, sE-a'Lk"tg"e. .5 

to the Tluti trusted the deer. Then he did so. he firewood, 

deer. made 

K'"e i,a yukt guXgu'Xdei, lak". k-"("> gwa'iiEm-k-si-gEsgf/si. t". 

Then (iierl. I while splittiiiK tire then alwa.vs ..ut jtiiuped 

wood, 

let. NLijau hes Txa'msEm ai. wa'ng'e: •■.\m hie iIkui 7 

the Therefore said Txii'msF.m to the deer: ■(Jood you (fut.i 

wedges. 

dExdo'goL let." deya' ai. wan. K-"e hwih. wan. 8 

takrhold'of the thus he t.. the deer. Then did so the 

w.dges," said _ _ il«T. 

dExdo'goL let. K-"et ox's Txii'msKmi. let ai. he'tgv: !• 

taking the Then struek Txii'msKm the nn.i he said: 

wedges, wedge 

"Txal-sgE'reii damxL."' K-"e xi)Edz'a'XL wa'ng-e. K-'e hes lu 

••Against lie friend,- Then was afraid the deer. Then said 

it 

Txfi'm.sEm. Atguii-tq"al-.sg-i'tg-e ai, hwil gwa'nEm-k-si-gE.s<.'o'si. 11 

Txii'msEm. He made against lie hecause alwa.vs out junii.i-<l 

let. Hes Txii'msEm aL he-yu'ki. tguXi. lak". List ai. 12 
lo-ama qa ott: 

in good his heart: 



splitting WIH..1, Singing 1 

panying work 



« I # * I • * I * 

Ho lio iio lio I'i ''^ 



Clapping. S /^ " ^ 



1 This .sentence i.s in Tsimshiuu dialed. 



ti4 



BIRKAI- "F AMKKKAX KTH.VOLOGY 



hilii:' When ho hii<l rijiid so, he hit the Deer's head. -'O, my poor 
l.roth.i-iii-Iaw:" he said when the Deer died. Then he took the Deer 
into his canoe. He liroke some mussel shells and stuck them into his 
ImhIv. .sayinjr that they were arrowheads. Then he paddled hack to 
the villajre sinj,'ing (0 (?) (•)• Then the Deer'.s wife went down, 
and T.xa'msKni showed her where the arrow points were sticking in 
the Deer's blanket. The woman believed him. They carried up the 
Deer which T.xa'msF.m had nuirdered. Then he killed the Deer's wife 
also. He stayed at the house and ate them. He had killed them for 
this ])urpose. 

17. Then he came to the house of Smoke-hole. The house was at 
the foot of a mountain. He entered. The chief said to hLs grand- 



Sa-ba'xL he'tg'e. k"'et ia'tsi. t'Em-qe'sL wan. "Aiawa's 

II WI14 ilnUhoI he said. then he hit the head of the deer. "Oh, 

(j'aui'neE giui'!" deya' aL La no'oi. wa'ng'e. K-'ct 16g6m-go'6L 

my brother- Oh, |>nor he said nt iperf.) died the deer. Then into he took 

Inittw: one!" 

aL t-s"Em-ma'l. K''e doqL q'am-g'usgua'sEui ha'gun. 



wa ng'e 

the de«T in 

K"!/' ax''a'yit. 

All he stnick It. 



la'ot. 

Ill it. 



K' 

Then 



■ e 



in the Then he took only broken large mus- 

eanoe. sels. 

K'V't iO-ma'ksasint aL LEpLa'nt. Ma'LdEL hawu'l 

Then in he stuck it in his IxKiy. lie told that arrows 

were 

hwax't aL lo-ya'ltk"tg"e: " Max-Lig'itwii'ltk" 

while he returned: ".\11 



t'rri wiiJa'kdKiii 
iaga-ie'L nak'.sL 

down went the wife 

of 

hwil 

where 

K'e 



paddled 

qans 



da'mxLe. 

my 
friend. 



He'i. 

Hc'i, 



hi'i. hi'i. 



wa ng'e. 

the deer. 



lo-ma'qsk"i. 

in struck 



The 



sKm-hr)'tk"sL 

believed him 



sii-g'a'dE.s 

iniinlerol 



iiuX tq'al-lo-dzo'qst 

iil«i iiunlnvt in he sUiye<l 



10 

II 

III-. 

I:.' hwi'it 

1 1 dr-p-.sqane'st. 

the nl a 

fiwl mountain. 



Txii'msEin. 

T.\ii'msf:ni. 



points of 

hana'qg'e, 

the woman. 

K'e 

Then 



K-'et 

Then 

hawu'l 

arrows 

K'e 



gun-g'a'adEs 

made her see 

aL gula's 

in his blanket 

bax-go'deL 

up they took 



K-'e 

i'i." Then 

Txa'msEm 

Txii'msEm 

lEp-ne'tg't"'. 

himself. 



wa ng e 

the deer. 



huX de-dza'k"L 

al.so he killed 

hwi'lpg'e, aL 

the house, and 



IT. HuX 

.\itnm 



hwa'iL 

he found 



hwilps 

I he house 



.Vm'ala'. 

Smoke-hole. 



lIetk"L 

It stood 



na'k'stg'e. 

his 
wife. 

y6'6xk"'t, 

he ate. 



hwi'lpg'e 

the house 



La 

(Perf.) 

K'e 

Then 

qan 

there- 
fore 



K-'e t^j'enL IS'St. K''e he'tg-e: 

Then he in It. And he spoke: 

entered 

' This senienre i.< in Tsimshiaii dialect. 



'•Qa'oL, qa'6L, 



TSIMSHIAX TKXTS 



65 



children. "Attark liini. hecaiis.. lu> steals all the o(„„l thinurs he sees." 
Txii'msEui took otr the l.ark of an alder and chewed it. Then he •■ntered 
the house of Smoke-hole. Int.'ndino- to steal his bow. which was orna- 
mented with ahah)ne shells. He transformed himself into a raven an.l 
took the bow. .Smoke-hole said to his door. "Shut. Door!" Then 
T.xa'msEoi was unable to leave th(> house. Thev tried to catch him. 
intending- to kill him. He cried. -Qa. .pi. (ja, qa!" Smoke-hole said 
to his smoke hole. ••Shut!" and the smoke hole caujrht Txii'msicm's 
neck. He was dead, and his body was hanirintr in the smoke hole. 
Txii'msEm pretended to be dead. Then Smoke-hole miide a tire. Then 
Txa'msEm took his own voice and put it in the woods, in a bluff behind 
Siuoke-hole"s house. There it nmde an echo. cryin<v. '• Miserable chief, 
what are you doinu-; You are a chief and you eat the excrements of a 



dEm le'luk.st ai. am'a'ma Itu-i-lnvf'li. 

(hit. I Ik- steals ..i };""'I tliiiiL's 



Xi.k-'f 

Th.-n he 



k"s-qa'o(|t sa-go'dEL masi 

first ..fl t,,,,k Ihfbarl 



lox- 



at (|e'Ent<i"e. N'Lk" 



ts'ent ai. 



entered 

txa-ljEla'da. 



hwilps 

the house 



all 



iihal" 



shell. 

Am'ala'g'e. 

Smoke-hole. 



huX 

euaiiv amer aiici elleweil rl. 1 lieil lltraiu 

Vm'ala'. K-"et k'si-dE-ba'xi. ha-Xda'k" 

moke-hole. Then he out with ran the bow 

of 

K-"et Id-Lo'otk"!. qak. i,at jfo'iii. ha-Xda'ks 

Then he traiisformeil the he look llu- liow of 

himself into raven. I pert.) 

"Ha'k'waxan. :i'dz"EpI'" deya's Am'ala'. Ni.k-'e 

• ^hut so that it can .loor!" thussairt .Smoke-hole. Then 

not he moved 

aqL-k-si-y6'xk"s Txii'msEui. K-'e hwil k-'e lo-tk'o-yo'xk"t aL 

with- out to K'o Txii'msEm. At once in around he in 

out followed 

hwi'lptg-e ai. dsm dzak"t. K-"et lo-i,o'6tk"s Txii'msEm tjaq 

his house to ifut.i kill him. Then transformed T.'Sii'msKm raven 

liimself 

ai. he'tg'e: ""Qa. qa. tja. (ja." K-'e a'lf^'ixs Am'ala': 

and siiid: -IJa. .)a. .|a. qa." Then siiid Smoke-hole: 

"Ha'k"waxan. o-an-ala'I" K""et ha'tsEi, t'Em-la'nix's Txa'msF.ni 

■Shut, hoards smoke Then Iiit the neek of T.'Cii'msEm 



of 



hole 



gan-ala'g"e. K""e no'os Txii'msEm. Lo-d"Ep-iax"ia'(|i. g'a'dnt aL 

the hoards of the Then was T.xa'msKm. In ilown hunc his IkkI.v in 

smoke hole. dead 

ts'Em-ala'. His-n6'6tk"L. hwT'ltjfe Txii'msEm. K'"et 

in the He pretended to he did Txii'msEm. Then 

smoke hole. he dead, 

Am'ala'i- lak". K-T>t gOs 

Smoke-hole a fire. Then took 



■iE-ine i.s 



Txii'msEm JEp-a'lj^'ixt. 



K-et 

Then 



<|aq"ala'ns Am"ala'ofe. 

hehilid the Smoke-hole. 



qaldix--ma't;at ai. ts"Eni-biri'(|i. 

totherear he put it al in blulT 

of the house house of 

SE-gul'il'datg-'e: "Qa'irEm tsE dt^-lEliElt-hwi'lEnEstii' 

made e.ho: -Miserahle when also asainst .vou do, 

H. A. K.. Bull. -'7— Ul* 5 



At 

He 

tKde 



«')•> 



Bl'RKAr OF AMKRIIAX ETHNOLOGY 



[BULL. 27 



raven I" Tln-n Smoke-hole wii.s ashaiueil. Therefore he .said to hi.s 
smoke hole. "Oix^nl" It opened, and Txii'msEm flew away, crying, 
'• (^a. .[H. «|a. i|a! " He wa.-< almo.-;t dead. He let the chewed alder juice 
run out of his mouth. ])retendinir that Ijlood wa.s coming out of it. 
When Smoke-hole saw the aider juice he really helieved that it wa.s 
blood, and then he told his smoke hole to open entirely. He said. 
••He ashamed of yourself. Txii'msKm. great slave! You were trying 
to .steal again." Txa'msKm could not steal this time. 

IS. He went on, and came to a house where a man lived, near the 
heach. Then the Giant said: ••! am your friend." The person replied, 
••That is good." The beach in front of the house was full of .seals. 
The (riant ate them all during two nights. Then he killed his friend. 
He finished all the seals in front of the hou.se, and he ate tliciii all. 



sEm'a'g'idEn aL x-k'wa'dzEm 

jrou niviK'liicf ml- cxcrt'inenti 



qaq. 

rnvcn." 



Ni^an he'tg'e: 

Thervfori' he saiil : 



' Q'a'gan, 

"Open. 



g*Kba'yu(js 

flew 

MiidzE-no'ot. 



Txa'msEm 

Txi'msEm 



aL 

and 



K'si-y6'xk°L 

Out went 



tnm-ala', 



he'tg'e 

said; 



iLaeL 

blood 



K'-e dzaqL qats Am'ala'. 

Then was the Smoke-hole, 

ashamed lieartoi 

K'*e q'aqL ala'. K''e 

L> Then iiiicned the Then 

smoke hole. 

"Qa, qa, qa. 



qa, 



qa. 



qa. 

qa.' 



ts"Em-a'qt. 

in his 
mouth. 



hwi'ltg 

he did If. 

Nujan 

Tlierctore 



K-"et 

Then 



ga as 



Am'ala' 

Smoke-hole 



bet gun-q'a'kL ala'g"e. 

he .said eaused to open 



iLii'eg-e, 

the bhxxi, 

' Dsagan . 

"Shame you, 



k-"(^ 

then 



Hi.s-huwi'lt.st 

He pretended 

sEm-ho'tk".st. 

he believed. 



huX le'lukst. 



Meal.' 

N'Lk-e 



smoke hole, 

Qo'sEs Txa'msEmL dEm le'lukst 

Txii'msEm i fut 



wi-xa'E, La dsm 

great slave, that would 
(pert.) (fut.) 



huX 

ai;nin 



Could not 

iii'et. 



NLk-"et 

Then he 



H^ain 

IS. 
g-at 



edge of water. 

an-tla'm<|Lgue ne'En." NLk'"e tgoiiL 

my frlen.l y..ii." Then this 



lax-ts"i'i'L ak"s. XLk''e 



hwaL 

found 

hes 

said 



leal. 

hwilp 



tse 

ft- here 



Wl-ga't: 

Giant: 

g'a'tg'e: 

the person; 



de'yai, g'a'tir'f 

thil- 

huX 



g-e ips 

limin ale it 



Metk"L qa-g'ii'uL gat aL 

Full wa.s the fnmt of the of 

the house of perT«ni 

e'lp'ElL axk", nLk""et 

Two nights. then 



\V'I-g"a't. 

Giant. 



-dx. 



dzaLt. 

he ate it 



sE-ga'dEs Wl-g-a't an-da'nuiLk"t. SEUi-qa'odEL 

mur^le^•.| Olant his (rien.l. Ver ■ he linisbe;! 



5lx 



dzoqL 

lived 

••Deiii 

■Will be 

••Am."' 

•■It is 
good.^* 

XLne'L 

That 

XLk'et 

Then he 

dat aL 

that at 



hwilpL g-a'tg-e. Dzai^s Wi-g-a't. 

the h.ii.M. the |.,^'P»in. He llle it ciiant. 



NLk- 

Then 



a'd"ik'sU"L dEin hwtl 

became (fut.) being 



BO'^*'] TSIMSIIIAN TKXTS 07 

Now he was hmign- iiyaiii. and lie used the raiioc of tlic piM'son wliuin 
hehadkilk'd. Onlythc uian'scaiiooaiid harpoon reinaincd. 'riic( iiant 
used them. Then he speared seals, and caught four. He r.-turne.l 
and went ashore. He took the seals out of tiie canoe, and lieL'an cut- 
ting wood. Then he built a tire, and placed stones in it in ordi-r to 
heat them. Then he put the seals on a pile of hot stones. He cooked 
the four seals, and covered them with skunk-catil)age leaves. The 
Giant then raised the cover and took out a seal, which he ate 
when it was cooked. Then he stretched out his hand and took out 
another seal. There was a stump of a tree near hy. The (iiant licld 
the seal in his hands and said to the stunij). "Don't you envy nie, 
Stump;" Then h(> went into the woods. .Meanwhile thi' Stum]) rose 
and sat down on the hole in which the seals were slcaniinu-. The seals 

Xdax's Wl-g"a't. NLk'"et hax'i, mali, ya'tg'e La g"i-no'oL i 

hungry Giant. Thou lie used the tiie perstm i[H'rf.i aln-afly 

nmof nl" dead' 

g'a'tg'e. K'sax-mii'lL g"iiia-g"a'6t iiani, sgan-da'pxLt. Ni.k""et 2 

the person. Only his beliiiid was aiul tlie shaft..! his Then 

canoe harpoon. 

hax's Wl-o'a't. NLk'"et lEp-g'a'Lk"i. elx. Txalpx daa'qr.gut. 3 

used it iiiant. Then he him- speared .seals. Four heK"t. 

self 

NLk-'e lo-ya'ltk"t. NLk-'e k-'atsk"t. Ni.k-"et uks-d(V(iL 4 

Then he return- Then lu- l.iTi.led, Tliin out lie took 

e.i. 

elx. NLk-"t^ yuki, sa-a'Lk"t. Xi.k-"e da'i.ept. (.a 5 

the Then lie I.esran mak- tire- Then lie built a lire oi When 

seals. ing woo.!. stones and Mieks. 

lEmla'mk'L hVop. nLk-"et le-d"a'i,i, elx ai. lax-an-sa'lKp. tj 

hot the stones, then on lie lai.l the on ..n the pile of 

seals hot stone-. 

TxalpxL elx sa'lEpdetg-e. Ytna'tji. le-ha'-baxt. Ni.k-'e i.a 7 

Four seals he cooked. .skunk-cab on lor cover. Then i peri. . 

baye was 

le-d'a't. NLk-"e tgon hwils Wl-g-a't. ba'tsdni. ha'-baxtg-e. >> 

on it was. Then this did (iiant. he lifted his cover. 



NLk-"et k-si-go'i, elx. Ni.k-'t't g'lpt i.a a'nuk.st. NLk-'et !' 

Then out "he a seal. Then he ale it rt. , .h.ne. Then 

t.H.k 

huX nak"st. NLk-'ct liuX goi, k-"elL elx. DTiL 10 



Then a.sjain he 



am-ha'ts" ai. awa'at. i.a k'uL-yo'gus Wl-g-a't k-\'lL elx. H 

a stump in hi.s When about ^ he^^^^ Giant one seal. 

tgonL het ai, ani-ha'tsg-e: ••No'mdzik-s hats'. No'nidzikv 1^ 

"this he to thestnmp: -Kuvions slump. Er,vi..us 

hats'." NLk-'tl iii'et r/i ([ahVut. N'Lk-'e g-in-he'tk"L am-ha't.>'. 1^ 

Btump." Then he b. the rear of Then rose the s„„np 

went the house. 

NLk-'e le-d'a'tk"L an-sa'lE])s AVl-g-a't. Tt|'al-k-slaXi. elx. 

Then on he sat ^eja.ei..r Giant. A. st ^^_^.,^wa.^ -he^ 



CS HCKKAI' OF AMKHICAN KTHNOLOGY [bill. 27 

w.-n- lijrlit iiiKlcr hitii. Now tlio (iiiiiit n-tunicfl. cuiiyinir loaves of 
th.- >kuiik-<!il>l>:i'r«'. Wlifii lie saw the Stump sittinir uii his seal-, he 
nii-d. IIi-\Mi< very iiiiich troubled, iieiause he was hunory. Then 
he Untk a stirk ami dujr the o:rouiul. He cried while he was diji-friiifr. 
He found a little Lit of meat and ate it. He was cryino- all the time 
lieeause he wa.> hMii>rry. He eouid not do anything. 

I'.i. He went on and eame to the shore of the sea. There he built a 
hoiiM'. Then he maile uj) his mind what to do. After he had finished 
Ills houM-. he dressed himself, put up his hair, and fastened his blanket. 
He took eoal and rultbed it all over his face. He made a daoofer and 
tied it to his hand. Thi'ii he rose, and ran out. .saying. "I am .sad." 
Tliiis he s|)oke while he was Walking down to the beach. There he .saw 



I Ni.k'e lo-ya'ltk"s \Vl-g-a't. Do'goi. yina'q. Xi.k"et g'a'at. 

Th.ii niiirii.-.l Ciiint. H>' I.i^ik skunk- Th.n lit- saw it. 

._. K"e wi-ye'tk"t ai. aba'g'ask"t aL Xdax't. Ni.k'"et 

Ttiiii In- irii-.| mill !»• W11-' tnmbk-il bo- lie was Thi-ii 

caiL-^f hungry. 

8 '-'oi- ga>i- Ni.kT't woqi. dz*a'dz"ik"s. at de-wi-ye'tk"L 

hi a'«iiik. Thin hf diii; thi/cmunrl. while also crviuK 

i.M.k 

4 woi|"e'sk"t. Ni.k'T't liiiX liwai. iias(|a'o tgon. Ts'o.sk'L 

he wu. Thi-li iikMin he :i little hit this. A lilth- 

illgdnK loimil 

,•, hwa'vlt. K'T't liuX g"ipt ai. (|a'ne-hwila wi-ye'tk"t. 

he fi.un.l Then airain healeil "1 alwaw he erieii. 

II. 

t'l .Vliirg'ask't ai. Xda.xt. Ni.k'e a(|i.-hwi'lt. 

I|.«a'ln.nl,l.-.l In- he was Then without doing 

eause huin.'ry. anything. 

7 I".». Ni,k""r' huX iii'et. Xi.k""e hwaL la.\-ts"a'i, iikI'oh. 

Th.-n airain he went. Then he on the the >ia. 

folMKl edge of 

s Ni.k"'et dzaj)!. Iiwilp. Xid<'"(" .sa-qa'tk"i. qii'ott ai, dnm 

Thill h.- iMjule a housv. Then he up his mind to (fut.) 

nnule (mind) 

:i hwfl hwl'lt ui i.esk"i. hwilp. nLk''e no'6tk"t. MEn-do'goL 

whut when he the honsi-. then he dre-ssod. I'li he took 

lo.lo finished 

10 qe.M. Ni.k'T't sajT.iit-da'k'i.t. Xi.k'"et .sagait-da'k'i, gula't. 

hi- Imir Th.-n loKether he fast- Then together he his 

eiied it. fiisteneil blanket. 

11 Ni.k'V- go'ui. (fani-t'o'iits. Ni.k'T't qiiTdt. XlR'T dYi'Lt 

Thru hr i.~.k i-.uil. Then he nibbisl it. Then he put it 

!•_' ai. tsVi'K.lt. Ni.k'T't dzapi, tout:4t. Ni.k'T tq'al-da'k'i.t ai, 

'■" bl- ( Then he Miieb- ii kllile. Then against he lied it to 

i:! ano'nt. Ni.k'T hetk"t. Ni.k'T" k'si-ba'xt. Tgoni. he'tg'e: 

hi- hand Then hest.««l. Then out he ran. This hesiiid: 

14 " I/<">-srKi)k"i. qaodeist." Deya' aL iaga-ba'xt ai. g'a'u. 

I" 'Irk i. my heart. Thus he while down he ran to in fnint of 



=""■"*! TSIMSIIIAN -rKXTS (^i( 

a stump. Ho took it rnd said. •• 1 cauMlii y.ui." ■|'licii he icturn.'d. 
He entered and put the little stump down in his iiouse. 

20. The Giant was sad all the time, he.ause he Mas hunorv and th.-iv 
was no food in the house, ■riicrefoiv he resolved what to do. 
Early next mornino- he ran out of the house. Behold, there were 
ripples on the water. Salmon and halil.ul and bullheads and i)or- 
poi.ses were swinuuine- aliout in the water. There were all kinds of 
salmon. When the (iiant saw thi>. he said. --Ala! ala! alal <,nit.s"e'ek". 
Then the salmon said, ••llm:'" rii(>re was one ehii>f amonj;- the 
.salmon who commanded all the others, lie said. •' 1 can Tiot hear what 
the chief on shore there is sayine;"" thus he >aid to tlie (iiant. Then 



G'a'at hwil d'ai. am-ha'ts". Xii, eO'udKt; tjroni. het , 

Ho sjtw iviThal then.' a *tum|.. Then heloiikil; lliK he 

ii.niin ^ was ,„l,l. 

'•GodeK nenhsdae. yodeE nenisdae." Ni.k'T" lo-va'ltk"t. ,, 

"I take yon. I lake v.ni." iTn-ii " li,- 

R-tiiriud 

NLk'"e tsT'ut. So--i'ii. I '-o-am-hrrts" ar. ts"i:ni-hwi'lpt. 

Then he entPre<i. it lav tiie >imiii, „t ,,, liis Ilmim- '^ 

little 

2i». Qa'ne-hwila srEpk"L ija'ots \Vi-e-a't ai, Xdax't. ((an 

.\hviiy-! sick was the heart liiant on hnnRer. Ihcre- 

.■f aee.itint of fore 

het ni'g'i sj^'iL dEm g'e'hEt. >>Lk'"e sa-.<ra'otk"t ai. dnni - 

he not there was .fut.i his foo.l. Theti he'resolved to i fm. ) "^ 

sai.l 

hwfla het. NLk'"t"^ sEm-he'Ei.uk. k'"e k'si-ha'xs ^\'l-^i■•a■t. ^. 

beins say so. Then very early, then out ran Limit. 

Gwina'deL. lax-a'k's hwil Lak"r, ak's saufait-qii'odii, haii - 

Behold. on the where was rii.i.le.l the toaeilicr were s,iimon 

water water 

qaiiL txox" ((auL mas-fi^na'it tiani, dzlX. Wi-he'lt. hwil v; 

and halit.nl anil Inillhea.l ami porpoise. .Many, all 

lik's-o-iu-a'i, han. Ni.k'"et .e'a'a- Wl-e-a't. Tgoni. hes <, 

kin.lsoi salin.ai. Then -aw (;iant. This «„i,| 

it 

Wl-e--a't: --Ala'. ala'. ala'. ji-utsT-'ek". ala'. ala'. ala'. lo 

lii'ant: ■■AhV. aliV, ala', iruts'.-'.-k", ala', ala'. ii;:V, 

gut.s'e'ek"."" Ni.k-'e huX xs-mr''mExk"i. han: "Unnnl" K-"ali. 11 

gnts'e'ek"," Then airain -aiil-'Hrn'" a -alinoii ■Urn;-' "ii- 

menL ha'ng-e. fan a'lg-i.uat. t.\ane'tk"i, hwil lik-s-o-ie-a'i. li' 

the the salmon, who commal'i.le.l all all kilal-of 

chief of 

han. XLk'"e t}ioni. hei, sEiifa'.u-idKin han: ••(iwanEm-ing-fii lo 

salmon. Then this said the chief salmon: 'Always noil 

naxna'i. haliii'i. sEmTi'g-it e- ile'lix-." deva' as Wl-<r-a'tg-e. 14 

hear what .says the cMei inlaud," thnshc to Giaiil. 



7(1 lURKAl' <>K AMEKUAN KTHNULOGV [bull. 27 

111- i-alU-cl I.ittli' Poipoisp. sayinir- "Voii will bo able to hear what the 
ihii-f on shori' is saying." Little Porpoi.-e swam ashoiv. He was 
not vcrv large. Then the (Jiant ran out again and eried. '"Ala! ala! 
alal giitsT-'ek"." Tlitii the chief of the saiiiion understood it, because 
Little l*oi|Riise had tnld him. He said. "The ehief ashore tells 
us what to do. He savs that we salmon shall all swim together." Then 
till- ehief i>( the salmon repi'ated it. and all the salmon went ashore 
tugetiii-r. Then all the haliltut were left dry on the beach. The 
(Jiant r-an out of his iiouse carrying a stick. He clubbed them and 
carried them up to the house. Then he dried some of them and ate 
others. He was eating all the time. He was a great eater. He ate 
them all and then he went on. 

.'!,/. Now he wa< very ])onr. Hi" had no blanket. He was (|uite 

1 .Nl.k'ct wi'iVii, l.go-ilziX: "Nen <ti;iii tan iiaxtia I. iiiil. sKm'a'g'it 
rlitn h.- ikIIp.1 little iwrpolM-: "Yoii .lut.i win. liear^ wlmt the chief 

1' ai. g"il("''li.\'t Wi-g"a't." an-hii'i. ha'ng't^. NLk"*e hagun-g'a'L 

Ml inlitii'l <:inm," wlmt NiiJ tliesiilmon. Then toward was 

;; i.go-dzi'X. Nig'i wl-t'e'st. NLk'"e huX k'si-ba'xs Wi-g"a't: 

link' |Mir- Nut it was largi'. Then ajcniii out ran tjiant: 

1-.IM-. 

4 "AhV. ahV. ala'. guts'o'ek". ala'. ala'. ala'. guts'e'ek"." 

■AhV. ahV. nia', gutse'ek", aliV. alfl', ala', yulsY-'ek"." 

:i Ni.k""(" naxiia'i. sEm"a'g"idKm hiin ilit mai.L Lgo-dzI'X: 

I Inn hwinl hliii ih.' ehief salmon a*"-) he tolil little poiTwise: 

<! ••Tgoii-]trai. dKiii hwilEm dnm ala'tk"-gat nom."' 

••Tlii« h.Niys (fut.i we do (fiit.) swim in a he says we will." 

shoal 

7 Ni.k'T' a'lg'i.xi. mf'iu- han. NLk'*e ala'tk"i, han. Hwii'il 

Then >|»ike the llnsalniiin. Then swam in a the Weill 

ihief of shoal salnum. 

f> K"u!.-g"ina-do'xt at, g'lle'li.x' txane'tk"!. txox'. Ni.k'T' ksi-ba'xs 

.Mm.ui left they at Inlainl all the Then out ran 

wen.' halibnt. 

'•• Wl-g-a't yu'kdKi. •.im. NLk"e q'ax-qaya'ant. Ni.k-"et 

'•uiu\ liecarriiHl a" stick. Then he eluhlied Then 



1" sigait-wi'lgat lik-s-g-a'i, fiabe't. XLk-'e gwa'lgus Wl-g-a't 

'"'■■'■III. r I arrliMl a straiiKe number. Then dried Giant 

lliem 

11 tji (lat.s'iVot. Ni.k'et gipL huX (|at.s"o'ot. Qa'ne-hwila 



ih.ln. ■ • 

1- yr.V.xk"t. sKiii-gji'lg-a liks-g-a'i. tfaljia'nt. XLk-"e ui wi-he'lL 

'" "'• ^'TV he was a eater. Then {pert) many 

siraiife 

'"• -ai. hwilt. NLk-"("'t huX dzaLt. NLk-'e qa'odEt. 

• Iii>» hi' (lid Ml. Then uKain he ate it Then thev were 

all. linished 

'^ ■'>'i. Ni.k-'e a'd'ik-sk"i. si;m-hwil gw!i'(">t. Ni'g'i gula't 

Th'" heiame very l.eini; |K«.r. None his 

blanket 



B'J-**'] TSIMSHIAN TKXTS 71 

luikfd. Then he was aslumicd. ]lo took a root and killed iiiaiiv 
ravens. After ho had cauyht thciu he fastened tlieir skins to},^>tlier 
and put them un. He went for a long- time, and then lie saw a daneinj,' 
blanket hanging- in front of him. lie was very glad; he took oil' his 
raven blanket and tore it to slin>ds. He threw it down and went to 
take the dancing l)lanket. 1)ut behold, there was nothing but old, with- 
ered leaves. Then the Giatit was troubled. It was no dancing blanket 
at all. and h(> cried with a loud voice. He returned and found the 
shreds of his raven lilanket. He cried while he was gathering them 
up. Then he repaired the raven blanket, making a small blanket out 
of it. which he put oti. 



sF,m-k"sax-tsax'o'tk". XLk""e dzaqt. NLk'"et k'si-go'i, hwist. 1 

very .iiily he was niikt-rt. Tlu'ii ho wiis Then out he roots. 

a.shrtmed. took 

NLk""et huk"gu.sir. i[in[. N'Lk'"e daa'(iLk"i, wl-he'ltt. Ni.k''t"'t L' 

Then he eaught ravens. Then he not many. Then 

ne-de-ts"ipts"e'EbF,i. anna'st. NLk'"et gula't. Ni,k'"e ii'i'et; 3 

trigelluT he fastened their skins. Then he put it on. Then he went; 

La iiak"L hwil iii'et. nLk""et g'a'ai. hwil sqa-iaxMa'qi. 4 

(perf. ' Ions.' iverlml lie went. then he saw (verbal iicros-s hung 

noiuii noun) the way 

gwls-hahii't. XLk'"e sEm-lo-a'mi. qaott. Tgoni, hwils Wi-g"a't. 5 

blanket rtaneing. Tlien very in good liis heart. This did Ciant. 

Sa-go'deL gwls-qa'qt. Ni.k-'et k"Le-be.sbe'st. NLk-'e sa-d'a'tElt. 6 

Off he took blanket raven. Then all over he tore it. Then ofl he put it. 

NLk'"e iii'et aL awa'aL gwis-halai't. GwInfi'deL, muLax'a'st. 7 

Then he went into the proN- blanket daneini;. Behold, withered old 

imity <i! leaves. 

NLk-"e aba'g'ask^s Wl-g-a't. .Xigide gwls-halai'ts go'stg-e. 8 

Then was troubled i;iant. N" blanket daiieing this. 

NLk-"e wl-amhe's \Vl g-a't ai, wi-\e'tk"t. XLk-'e lo-\a'ltk"t. !< 

Then shouted Ciant an.l he eried. Then he retuniiKl. 

K-'H hw:u. hwil dtlxL tfam-bisbe'si. gwls-qii'qt. XLk-'e 10 

•jl,e„ lie where was only the torn blanket raven. Then 

found 

.sagait-do't^t ([a'lie-hwila k"uL-wi-\e'tk"t. XLk'T' yuk hak-sEin 11 

together he always about he eried. Then he began again 

took it 

ne-cle-ts"Epts"e'EbKt. XLk-"e huX a'(riksk''t hwil i.gO-wit'e'st. 12 

together to make it. Then again it eame where ^.a^^ large. 

NLk-'e hatiSEUit huX gula't. 1^ 

Then once more tigaiu l)f put 



TiiK SriivK AND Till-; Eldeuhkhky Hish 



A little bofore tin' Stoiu' yave birth to her ehild. the Elderl)erry 
IJush jLTiive birth to her ciiildi-eii. For that reason the Indians do not 
live ninny years. Beean.se tiie Klderberry Bush gave birth to her 
cliildren first, man dies quickly. If the Stone had first given l)irth to 
her children, this would not lie so. Thus say the Indians. Tiiat is 
the story of tile Elderberry Hush's children. The Indians are much 
troultled liecause the Stone did not give fiirth to her chilili-en first, 
for this is the reason that men die (|uickly. 



hC)'6v QANL SgAX-L.a'tS 
Till-: Stonk ami the Eldeubeuuv Bcsh 

1 Q'ai-ho-yu'ki. dEiii aqLk"!- lo'opg'e. \Lk'"e aqLk"L s^n-13'ts. 

A Utilf Infiprr .fill. I Kavu birlli Ilio slone. Thuii giive birth the elder- 

berry bush. 

2 Ni.k'T' hwtl k""!"' g'i-k'si-d"fi't, aL hwt! k'.s-qa'oqL aqi.k"L 

.\t "W>- out it >iut'k. because first trave birth 

3 s^n-lats. Nei.ne'i, qan hwili, aio-g'ig'ti't. Ni'g'i he'll. k'o'oL 

the elder- Then-fi>ri- .|..th. Iniliiins. N..t many vears 

l»err>' bu.t|i. 

4 dElde'l.st ai. liwil ks-qa'giiiii a(|i.k"L .so^in-la'ts. Nfi. qaii Invili, 

they live U-cjiuse lirst iruve birth the elder- Therefore do 

berry bush. 

5 g'ut fell. daXt. K"(" lugii. dniii de-h\vilt atsK Le k's-qa'gum 

men •luii-kly th. y ille. Then ii.ii itut.) alsti they if iperf.i lirst" 

do so 

»> aqi.k"!. lo'(*)p, de'yai. a'lg'ixi. alO-g'ig-a't. Nlhc'l de-ada'wu(|det 

had Klveii the thus sa.v.y the siiyiUK the Uidians. That is the storv 

birth ■.lone, of 

7 hwil .sgan-ia'tsi, Lg-it la'odet. NLk-"e sEni-abaxba'g"ask"det aL 

about the elder- the ehil- to them. Then niueh thev are troubled 

Iwrry bush dreii 

}> hwll ux-lo'op tsE k"s-(ia'^uni a(|Lk"t. NeL qaii felL da'Xdet. 

becmaic not the first' gave birth. Therefore nuieklv they die. 

stone 



The PoKcrriNK wd rm. 1'>kavkk 

iTold liy Mcsi's] 

The Porcupiiip and the IWvcr wciv fiiciuls. Tliov lovod oudi 
other. The Beaver used to iiivilc llic rdrciipiiic to his house all the 
year round. The Porcupine went and entered the Bea\cr"- iiouse. 
The house of the Beaver was in the middle of a eivat lake. 'I'he 
Beaver liked the water very nnieh. hut the I'oi-eupine could not <,m 
into the water heeause he could not swim: he was afraid he nMjrht 
perish if his stomach should get full of water. Therefore the Heaver 
went to the shore and called the Poreujiine. The Heavci- eame u)) 
twice when g'oing to the place wheic the Porcnjiine was sittine- on the 



.VXt yAM, is'ioik'lIx' 

PeUel I'lNK \M> I'.KWEH 

An-dri'm(ii,k"i, aXi, ts'inne'hx. Ni.k'"e nE-si'.psi'Kp'Kndet. 1 

Tlic iricli.l was tlie Ihc 1..'iivit. ni.n ,:u-h llluv l.iv.-.l. 

|."rc.]|.ir»-of ,„|ht 

NLk''e txane'tk"!, k"o'uL hwil hwt'ldet. Wo'ol ts"Kiue'l?.\' "i 

Then nil ywir tiny .li.l s,.. Itiiivit.il llic 1,,-aviT 

aXt. NLk""e iii'ei. aXt. nLk'"e ts"ent ai. hwilpi. ts"i;ine'ii.v. 3 

the Then \v.mU tlu' tlu-ii lu' ul lla- Iiou^l- the beuVOT, 

pciriMiniiu-. l...r™i.ini-. i'tiIitcI of 

\Vl-lax-t"a'xe"e. nEk""e sEui-bagait-se'luki, t'ax hw?l dVir. hwilpL 4 

Largo on liikr, tln-n verv right on the 111.- when' was tli.> liousc 

there midrile of lak.- of 

ts'Eme'lix". Nei. (("ap-de-ana'g'oi, ts'Eme'lix'i. ts'Eui-a'k's. Ni,k"'e 5 

the heaver. Then really on liked the beaver in ihe llieii 

his part w.ater. 

aqL-uks-hwi'li, a'Xtg'e, aL liwil nTe-'idet hwila'x'i, (Ikiu ha'dik'st. 6 

no from to do the j.oren- beeanse hmI he kinv. .int.. toswlin. 

way land to sea pine, 

NLue'i- ([iui xpets'a'xi. a'Xtg'e ai, oj) tsE n(')'ot. tsE me'tk"L 7 

Thereliire was afraid the poreu- that cOse he ilie. if wa.« full 

pine liiiglit oi^ 

ak's ai. hant ar. hwil nfeddet hwila'x-t. Ni.((an tgoni, S 

water in belly beeaiisc not h,. knew it. Therefore this 

hwih. ts'Euu'^'lix-: t.sagam-qii'oE aXt i.O wootg-e. (2"ain-e-T"'lpE! !l 

did Ihe beaver: from .sea he the |«ir- .pert.. lie invited only iwi.e 

to land went to iiipin,' hiiii. 

hwil e-a'bEuL t.s'EUie'lix- aL hwil houks-d'a'i, aXt. Ni,k-'e 111 

emerged the beaver to where ai the sittint' the Then 

shoru poreupine 

73 



74 HIKKAI- oK AMKKICAN KTlINi'LOGY [bii.l.27 

^lioro. Now h." .am.- :i-li..iv. U'- >ai.l t.. tli.' I'.nvupiiie. - I will carry 
voii. Hold on to iiiv netk." Tlifii tin- IV-avi-r turned round, but the 
I'-.r.-tipiiif wa> afi-.iiil to he cairicd across the water. He said to the 
licav.r. "I iniiriit i)eri>li." Hut the Beaver said. "You are not ^oing 
to die." and after a wiiile the Porcupine diinhed on the Beaver's back. 
Th.' B.aver said. "N'lw. liold ti>,'ht to my neck." The Porcupine did 
Mi.and the lii'aver started across the lake. .Vfter a little while he dived; 
then the Porcupine was much troubled. He liroke wind because he 
<Ii<l not know liow to swim. The water is the Beavers home, while 
the Porcupine's home is l)etween the mountains. The Beaver came 
up twice before In- n-ached his house in the middle of the lake. The 
Pi.nupine was verv mucli afraid that he would peri.sh in the water. 



1 tsa«.'um-a'«|Lk''t. Ni.k "e het ai. aXt: " Deui hwa'lcE neEn, 

inin'i'iii 111' ft Tliin l\i- xiiil t" llie -iFiit.) I carry you, 

,., iniij porcupim-: 

1' tsE sKm-jf-it da'mdKiii. t'Em-ia'neE. DEm hwa'leE neEn." 

(„,i lii.M my nwk. (Fut.) 1 carry you." 

3 Ni.k-"e ttfo-ya'ltk"!. ts'Eme'li.x'. N'Lk-'e .xpefcsVXL aXt aL 

Thou iiniuii<r iumi-.l tlif bciiver. Then was afraid the to 

pi>n-upine 

4 dnm hwilt. lo-de-yo.'.\k"t ts'Em-a'k's. "Op tsE no'ocE," 

,(ut. tiiil" ill iiNo he wi-m in the "Else I might die," 

**,. water. 

."> di"'Vtt'i. aXt ai. ts'Eme'il.K-. Xbk-'e tgon hcL ts'Eme'li.x-: 

lhu<<Miil thi: tu the lieuver. Then this said the beaver 

IMireupine 

t! ""NifrM dEm de-no'on." Sl-go'n k-'e niEn-iii'i'L aXt ai. la.x- 

• X..t ful.i <in voudie." .\fler then up went the at on 

your i>aVi awhile porcupine 

7 hak"'a'oi, ts'Enie'lix". Ni-k""i" a'lj^-ixi. t.s'Euie'lix": "SEm-git dfi'mL 

the lull k IhelH-aver. Then >jii.l the beaver: "Really hold 

of 

!S t'Ein-la'neist." NLk'"(" hwfli, aXt. NLk*'e ha'dik'SL ts^Eme'lix" 

my neik. • Then ili'l so the Then swam the beaver 

pv>reupine. 

!• ai. lax-H'k"s. Ni'jri >iak"i. hwil ha'dik'.st. NLk''et de-so'uq.sk"t. 

Ill .in the Not lonn it (vertxil he .warn. Then he with dived. 

wiit*'r. WHS noun) 

It' NLk"'e sEiii-aba'g"ask"t. aXt. Ts'EUi-q'ii'Elt k".si-y6'xk"L Le uaLqt, 

Then much tniuliUnl wii> the In his anus out went the wind, 

IHireupine. 

11 ai. hwtl niV'idit hwilfi'x'i^ dEm de-ha'dik"st. Q'ap-lEp-tsVpL 

i..-.nii-i- n.ii lie knew (fut. I on to swim. Really own the 

hi.s part country of 

1-j ts'Eine'lix' t.s'Em-a'ks. K'"e .spagait-sqane'st de-ts'a'pL aXt. 

the Ixiiver in the water. Then among mountains on the coun- the 

his part try of porcupine. 

i;^ (i'V''1p'eIi. hwil ga'bEni. t.s'Eiiie'lix". NLk^'e uks-a'qi.k"t aL Le 

Twill- It «n« I verbal emerueil the Leaver. Then from land he at 

noun I to sea reached 

14 ts'n'pt. SKm-se'luk"L wi-t'a'x hwil jjfig'a'k'sL hwi'lptofe. SEmgal 

lil«l"»ii Very middle of the hike where Hoatcd his house. Really- 

great 

1,"( wi-t"e's hwil k'opE-aba'g'ask"L aXt aL dEm no'ot aL ts'sm- 

muih verbal h little iroul'.litl wa.s the at (fut.) he die at inthe 

iiiiun. liorcupine 



TSIMSHIAN TKXTS 



75 



Xow ho ontori'fl llic l>c:iv('r"s liousi'. arul ;ito tlip food tho Hcuvor 
gave him. Stii-ks weiv tlic food at tlio Beaver"- feast. Now the 
Porcupine wa.s really troubled heeau-e he had to eat sticks. Ijut he site 
them. 

Another day the I.eaver said to tlie r(inu])iin\ "■ My dear, let us 
play." Then he told liini how they would jday. lie said. -"I will 
carry you on my back, and four times I will eomi> up." Then the 
Poi'cupine thought. "Now 1 .surely must die." hut ho agreed. The 
Beaver carried tho Porcupine on his hack and said, "Hold on to my 
neck and put vour nose idose down to my nape." Now the Porcu- 
pine was really ready to die. The Heaver dived, hut before he did 
so he struck the water with his tivil. Then a little water splashed into 



a'k"s. MLk''e ts'ent ai, hwilpi, ts'i-.me'lix". Ni.k-'e yo'6.\k"t 

water. Then ho in the hoiisi- (if the bciivi-r. Tliun 



TgouL g-'atk^L ts'Eme'lix'g'o 

tlie beaver: 



gauL 

>ti<'ks 



Efa'tk^tST'e. 



SEm-aba'g"ask"L 

really troubled was 

KLk''et g'e'ipi. 

Then ate 



iXt 



aXt 



(iKUlt 



hwil 

where 



he eats 



he nte. 

Ni,k-T- 



ga ng I'. 

siii-k. 



ga ng'e. 

Uu" sti<'k. 



Ilwai: 

Well: 



pureiipi 

k""e'ElL 



nidv-\- 



1h>i. ts i;me iix' 

^ai.i the beaver 



■• DamqLk". damuLk". 
dEin 



dEm i|;da'(|noni. 

I flit. 1 we play." 



Ni,k-'et 

Then he 



uXt: 



ma I. EI, 

loUl 



hwil (lala'q: 

being 



Deui 

•iFut.) 



hwil 



ami, 

gOO<l 

hwili, 

did so 



will play: 

gTi'bEneE." Ni,k-"e tgon 

I emerge." Then this 



no oeE. 

Idie.- 



heart of 

le'yal. (pVotl, ti'Xtg'o. >."l.k""e 



ts'EUlo'llX' 
the beaver. 



tints the heart 

said of 

Ni.k-"et 



Iheporeu- 
pine 



Then 

aXt. 



ts'Eme'lix' a 

the beaver t 

t'Em-la'neE. Ni, 

my neck. 

ts'Eui-de'bEloE." 

my nap.'.' 

dEiii q"ap-no6t. 



a'Xtg-o 

the porcupi 

dEUl 

I Flit.) 



hwa'lix' 

he carried on the 

his baek porenpine. 

:Em-g"it 

strongly 



•Deui 

•(Fnt.i 



TxalpxL dEm 

Fonrtime-s (fut.) 

it is 

a'Xtg-e: "ui 

the porcii- "(IVrfi 
pine: 

.saxk"t. NLk-"e 

he agreed. Then 

Tgoni, hei. 

This sai.l 

dax-yu'kdEiii, 

fast hold to 



NLk-"e 

Then 

NLk-"o 

Then 



k-'e kwa'ts'ik-s tqal-sg-in 



gwaldEiu qa'dii, qati. aXt ai, 

" was readv the heart the the at 

heart of porenpine 

rgOni, hwili. 

This iliii 



so'uqsk"!. ts Emo hx 

.lived the beaver. 



ts'Eme'lix" 

the beaver 



al, qil ocp 

at bef<ire 



dEUl so'uqsk"t. Le-ia'tst lax-a'k's 

(fut) hed.ved. On he on the 

■ siruek water 



7() KIKKAr oK AMKHK AN KTH.N'oLoGY [bvi.l.27 

the PonupiiifV- fa.c. :iml lif jraspi-d. Tlu' licavi-r stayed uuder water 
11 loiifT time. The J'oiiiipine was almost dead and liis stomach was full 
of water. Three times the Heaver eame up. Oiue more he went 
down, and when he eame up ajrain the Poreupine was almost dead. 
Now he returned and i)ut him ashore. 

The I'oreupiiie Went hack to ills triln-. When he arrived, he invited 
th<'i>eople to iiis house. When his guests entered, he told them what 
the Heaver had done on the larjre lake when he had invited him to 
come to see him. He said. ■•My friend almost killed me." Then 
his people saiil. "Invite him in and ])lay with him in your turn." 



1 ai. i.e wa(|i.t. Ni-kT- ks-qiiqi. k'opKt-lo-qabu'XL ak"s aL 

Willi till- hUUiil. Then he fir' i u link- in splashed Hvtcr into 

•Jl ts'u'Kli. i.go-!rXt. NLk-"e sEin-lo-d'Ep-dil'uL Le uiiLqt. 

the taee of the |»ireii- Then verv in down went his breath, 

lllile pine. 

3 N'Lk'T' .so'uqsk"!. t.s'Euu"'li.\'. K''e nak"L g"e'ukst. NLk*'e 

Then dlvi-<l the In-aver. Then long lie «n.« under Then 

water. 

4 t.s"r)sk' tlKin hwll no'oi. aXt. Qalfi'iL bant tgon aL 

II Hill.' flit. I iK-lnK dead the As Inrire his belly this with 

IMiriMipine. 

.'> aks. lil gulfi'ali. hwil de-gTi'ViKiit. Q'am huX k'elL 

wiiter. When thrif lime> i verbal with he iinly more onee 

ll was noun) him emerged. 

t> mant. Ni.k*'e huX .so'uq.sk"L ts'Eiue'ii.x. i.a tso'usk't 

remain- Th ■. iiRaili dived the beiiver. When a little 

.-.I 

7 tlEPi hwil no'oi. aXt. ni.k'et lo-de-ya'ltk"t. MatsE-no'oL 

lint.) iverljnl dead the then in with he .Vlmost dead 

iiimn I wa.s poreupine. him returned. was 

fS aXt. NLk"'e de-lo-ya'ltk"t; tsagam-ma'qdEt. 

theiNir- riieii with he returned; from sea heputliini. 

enplne. him to land 

'•' Ni.k'e da'ui.i. aXt aL Le t.s"apt. NLk"e La 

The 1 left the to his Then when 

(loreupine town. 

10 gulik's-a'<p.k"t, iiLk'"e w<V6l i-ii ts'apt. NLk"'e t.s'ElEm-({a'6dEL 

iiaek he then he invited his Then in went 

rei'ehe<l. town. 

11 aXt ir wo'otg't"'. XLk""et ma'i.EL hwil hwila'guL 

i.'ih.' ihe invitiil ones. Then he told what had done 

|..r.ii| ii.- 

\.i ts'K.me'lix' ai. wi-lax-fa'x. Lpi'yo'yiL aXt Le ts'ap 

th.- l»-iiv.r at the on hike. He told them the the people 

Kreiit piireupine 

Hi ..' hw'i hwtlaVui. t.s"Euu"'lixi. t'an wo'ot: "'Q'am-ma'tsE- 

■il-' 1 what ha.l d.ini- the beaver who invile<l "Onlv almost 

him: 

14 iiiKHE at hwiliVk"det da'mqLgueE." NLke heL i.e ts"a'ptg"e: 

I »a" he did I., me inv friend." Then said his people: 

.had ' ' 

15 ••.\iii. niK de-wtVot. Deiii di~'-sEl-qala'q"an." 

ii.»»l, }on itl-i Invlt.- Fnl.l als.. with play." 



BO-^sJ TSIMSIII.W TK.XTS 77 

Tlirii the I'on-upinc <\l<\ >.i. II, ■ invited tlic r>r;i\cr to lli> Iiolisc. 
When the iiiesst'ii^'cr wlm liail invittMl the Bi';ivit rctiinicil, llio 
Beaver went up the y.iWry in which the l'i>rcu|)ine liveil. When the 
Beaver entered the I'lircupine"-. luiiisc. the hitter >tnii'k thi' tire with 
his tail, so that it hurni'd. Then he was o-oini:- '" l'la\ witii the 
Beaver. After he had str\iek the tire with Jiis tail, his tail was hnrn- 
ini;-. Thi'ii the l>ea\ er made a Mino. as follows: ■•The little tail of 
the little PoreUl)ini' i> hiirned in thr middle. Jul The little tail of 
the little Poreupinc is hurn<'(l in the nnddlc." The Porcupine ran 
about in front of the l>ea\ er. with whom he intended to plav. Aflci- 
he had done so. the Poi-cnpinc ii-a\e food to his fi-icml the l>eavei-. 



Xi.k""e hwtli. aXt. de-wo'oi. ts'Kiue'lix" aii-da'iii(|i,k"t. 1 

Th.Ti .liils.. ihr nisi. ho i1k> bcnviT liis (rii-ml. 

l...ivui,in.., iiivitud 

XLk-'e de-da'ui. t"an wo'oi, ts'Kine'li.v. Ni.k'"e lo-ya'ltk"t 2 

Thru nlM. h,- uii,. invilf.l the h.'MV.T. -l-hi-ii n-tiini>-.l 

went 

t"an W(Vot. Ni.k""e i;i'i, ts'Kiue'ltx" ai. ts"Km-t"e'n. Ni.k'"e 'A 

u-h.> invitr.l Tlirii unit ihf h,-iiviT t.. in the Tli.-n 

liim. vall..y 

hax-ia'et. TeOni, hwili. a'Xtg'c. Ni.a IsTmii. ts"Kine'lix* 4 

IV, \u- Thi> (li.l till' punupiii.-. Whi'ii i-nti-r.-d llio bciivi-r 



ai. hwilpi, 

iii till- hiiUM- 


aXt. ni.k- 

the thi-ii 
I.i.n-iipiiir, 


'e te-oni, 

thU 


hwili. 

iiiii 1 


a'Xt<r-e. 

h.-p'Tiiipin,.. 


Le-iii't.si, 

OH )..• 

-tnu-li 


5 


lax-anda'k" 


ai. kT.'uk"t. 


Nl.k-"e 


mc'l.le'e. 


Ni.k-T- 


yu'kdet 


I'l 


on tlie Hlx- 


with hivt.-lil. 


Tluli 


ii liunii. 


rlu'n 


"lu- hi-siHn 





sil-qalfi'qi. ts"EUie'lix- iuliic'l (|an hwtlt. i.a Le.sk''t 7 

with ti.play tliM l.i/uviT thir.-li.rr h, ili.l m.. When he thli>hfi1 

le-ia'tsi. aXt k'(")'uk"t ai. hix-an-Ia'k". iii.k-"e inei, s 

on struck the his tail mi "n ih.-tiiv thiii hiirnt 

l>iireupiiu' plai-'-. 

k"o'uk"'L a'Xtg-t\ Xi,k-"t^ te-,-)ni. hv'tir-v. Se-le'mx-dTtjr-e: it 

tin- tail of Ihf pnrotipitiH. Tli.li this In- siii.l. JU-^^ a si.tlu-: 

u-o-a'Xt. Pal I,("'-e-a-xtsK-ine'i. lu 

Ml.' hi 



•■Lt"-e--a-xtsi'>ine'i, i,e-odv o iik i. i.i>- 

„ ,h,. tail 111 Ihi- pi.riii IVi' 111 mi.liUi- l.lirm 

httli- littli- pill.-. 

i.cr„-kT>'uk"i. Lyo-a'Xt."' Ai. In-teo-ba'xt at. .|!i-sa'eXi. 11 

,h.. tail i.f till.- pi.ri-u- Whili- in arimnil In- at ill irimt "l 

little little pine." "i" ^^^ 

ts'EUK-'lix- ai. det-.sKl-qalri'(is d:uuiii.k"t. Ni.kT- i.a .pHKlKi. 12 

the heave, u. alsi, with play his frieti.l. The,, when was. inlshe.1 

hw'ilL ;i'Xtt;-e. nLk-"c"> dt'-dza'pi. wunti'x- I.a dKiii I.S 

whatiit.i ,he,,„ri"pi„e. then ';',;,!;;\„',;:i,. ■'""' ■'"'"' '""■' 

de-vr.'Axk"L t.s'EUie'lix-. Ni.k--e t.i-r.ni, hwih. aXt. i.k 14 

on 1,1s ,.a, the heaver. Then this lU.l |^,^,^[-„^^ 



ictl liy vfry mpiil heating "f linn- with n ."tiek. 



78 



BIRKAU OF AMKRICAX ETHXoLOOY 



III- j^ivf him tlie hark of a tree and some needles of the spruce. Then 
the HejiviT was afniid to eat them: hut the Porcupine said to his 
friend the ifreat Heaver. "Pkt fast, friend," and the Beaver did so. 
Then he said to the Beaver. -Friend, let us play to-morrow morning. 
There is a tree on aj.'1-.issy slope. That is my playing ground." and 
when they were going to lie down to sleep, the Porcupine sang, 
"When I walk along the edge (0 (•) (•) '".V shooting star 
drops out." Then the l'oreui)ine spoke to the sky. and it cleared up, 
and in the morning the ground was covered with ice. 

Now he gave another feast to the great Beaver: and when he had 
finished, thi' Porcupine said. "Now let us play, friend. My playing 



m&sL ganL de-g"a'tk"t qanL i.e la'qsL gan. NLk''e de- 
bark ot tree on his fiKid (or and leavis of a tree. Then on 
his part feast his part 

x|jeLs'a'XL ts'Eine'li.x" aL dnm det-ge'ipt. NLk'"e tgonL 

KMtttrulil the beaver to (fut.) ou food. Then this 

his part 

heL aXt ai, an-da'mqLk"t wI-ts'Eme'li.\': "T'a'gan, 

»ald Iheporcn- to his friend the beaver: "Eat fast, 

pine great 

dam(|Lk"'t. T'ii'gan, drimqLk"t." NLk-'e hwilL 



friend. 



Eat fast. 



friend." 



Then 



did so 



ts'Eme'lix'. 

the beaver. 



Ntk-'e a'lg'txL aXt: "DanKiLk"." de'ya aL 

Tlien said the "Friend," thu.s lie !wid lo 

porelipine; 

"Deui (jala'qnom ((ans ne'En atsE he'Luk 

'iKiil. ) we phiy and yon when morning; 



ts'Eme'lix". 

the beaver. 

t-s'Et'a'uik". 

l<>nii)rrow. 



r Hi'>tk"i. gan aL lax-so'uk.st. NeLne'L an-qala'qaist." NLk''e 

Tliere a tree nn on a L'ni.ssy There is my playgnmnd."' Then 

MtandN slope. 

> La tlEm wa'wtxidet. NLk"'e huX lemxL aXt: "DEm 

(|H'r(.) (fut.) they slept. Then apiin .<anf; the "(Fut.) 

t hwil liaL-ia'cE 

iH'Inn aloiiK I 

edKe walk 

wiai. Hak'sfi 
a'lir'ixi. aXt 



slept. Then again .'^ang the 

porcupine: 

gf). III. di:{) sio'wal k'si-t'iLt'o'L nEwInoLl 

out drops 

iiadri'ingwa. k'wodzo pia'lsdo."' NLk-'e tgonL 

e.xerements rnv star." Then this 



aXt 



ax-lia 



ts'Eme'lix". A'lg'ixL 

sjild tlir to ;he beaver. It spoke the to heaven. 

{Hip-nptne porcupine 

NLk"e hwili. lax-ha'. NLk""e a'd'ik".sk"L hwil q'anda'uL 

Tlien it did s.. the heaven. Then it eaine (verbal clear 

noun) 

iax-ha'. Ni.k'f' da'uL dz"ii'dz'ik"s aL he'Luk. 

theskv. Then lee wius the grontid in the 

morning. 

Ni.kT" liuX w(Votk"L aXt aL wI-t.s'Emi"'lix". NLk'i" La 

Then again -enl an the to the t.eav.r. Then (perf.) 

inviiaiion porcupine great 

Le't'''xk"L l.s'Eiiu'''lix", nLk""e a'lg"i.xL aXt: 

llnl.h<-<l the beaver, then said the 



I'Kiii (|ala't|n6mist. 



eating 



iMtrctipinc: 
in Tsilinshian dialect. 



^°^^J TsiMsiiiAN tj:.\ts 79 

ground is yonder." It was very .-..Id in llir niorninu-. Tlinv w;,. a 
place whore water was runninu- down. It was slipprrv luiaii-r tin- 
water was frozen. The Bea\cr followed the I'or.-upine aer.»s the 
place. Then the lieaver was troubled heeause his feel were slipperv. 
but the Porrupine had hin^' claws. 'I'lien he returned to see what the 
great Beaver was doiny. and he said to him. ■•('onie. do it. friend." 
but the Beaver could not cross the place on accf)unt of the ice on tlie 
mountain. Then the Porcupine returned, and took tiie Beaver liv tlie 
hand and led him across. Thus the Bea\cr n-ot across. The Porcu- 
pine was j^-oing to play with him; just onci' he did so. Then tliev 
walked on, and came to the place where the tree was standin<^-. The 
Porcupine said to the Beaver, "Now crmih ihi- tre(>." Tlie Biavi r 



danuiLk". lletk"i. an-qala'gaeK ai. da'u." .\i.k-"c a'd"ik-sk"i. I 

friend. TIhto my playground nt volidiT." TIh-ii mmi- 

s1;lllds 

he'Luk. NLk-'e sEiiigal sa(p, <iuii:i'.\k". Da'ui, dz';i'dz"ik-s. 'IVdih. -j 

the TluMi yery shnr|. 1Ih> loW. I,-.- wm< the t'r.iniid. Thi- 

morning. was 

hwili. iaea-ijiVoi. a'k-sg'e. llfi,ia'i.k"i. hwfl da'nt<,'-e. Nei.iie't 8 

itwa- down mil wiiter. sli|.|HTy uli.i.. i,,.. There 

tsaga-de-yo'xjrui. aXt ts'Kine'ltx'. Ni.k''e liuX aha'irask"!. 4 

across also followed the Ihelieuver, rii.ii am'ni ir..iiliie.l WHS 

him ,K,reu,.ine 

ts'Eiue'lix", ewa'nF.m liiLia'i.k"!. an'o'iit. K'"e t<iT)n hwili ■) 

the beaver, always sUiii.ery his hands. Then this di.l 

a'Xto-'e. Nene'luk"L lc La(|st. Ni.k'"e hiiX lo-ya'ltk"i, aXt t; 

the Long were (perf,l his claws. Then ,ii;aiii retnrned the 

porcnpine, pnr<Mi|>iiu' 

at g'a'ai. hwili. wI-ts"Kme'lix". Ni.k''e a'le'ixi, a'Xt^-'e: "Sa! 7 

to "see what did the lieaver. Then said the 'Toinc: 

great l...riML|,ine: 

ami, hwi'lKii. daniiii,k"I" I)("'yai. aXt ai. v.i-ts'Knie'iix'. QO'sKi. S 

good d.i. friend!" Thus said the l., Hi,- heaver. lleeoilld 

l.,,re,i].ine great n..l ^ 

ts'Eme'lix" dEm t.sa!,ni-a'qLk"t ai- hwfl da'ui, s(|ane'st. NLk'"e >» 

the heaver ifnt.) aero'ss he reached I.eeaus,. ice the mountain. Then 

lo-ya'ltk"E aXt. NLk-\l tgoni. hwill: g-o'udEi, an'o'ni. lo 

rctnrned the Then "this he did: he lo,.l; the hand-..! 

I..a-eu|.iln\ 

ts'Eine'lix-; iii.k-"t" tsaga-dc'cntk"t. .\i.k-"e tsa<.'a-a'i|i.k"t. i.a 11 

the beaver; then aeross he le.l Th.-n .lero'ss he g..t. .Perl, 

him. 

he-yu'kt det-sKl-<|ala'iii, aXt ts'Eine'lix- tfai-k-'e'Elt liwil I:.' 

he was aho witli t.ij.lay the the beaver hi-t onee 

going Inm porcaipilif 

de-hwi'lt. Ni.k-T- i.ooiUt. XEk-"et hwa'dei. hwil lietk"!, ^ran. 1:5 

also he did Then they went. Then they reached where s1.m»1 "^the 

NLk-M toOuE hwilE a'Xto-i-': ■•.\iui. dEiii mi:n-ie'en." deva' U 

Then 'Uiis did the porcnpn.e: -(.iood .fnt..> "I- go." <'»'-l'i' 



ISd BIKKAI' OK AMKKKAX KTHNoLiKJY [bill.27 

wii.- much troiil>M. Hi- w:i- nfniid. The roiciipiiKMoiitiiiued, "Now 
vtiu -liiill si'c Imw I do it.' 

Tin- I'onupiiif cliinlied up. and readied the \ ery top of the tree. 
Then lie let jfo. and dropped down. While he wa.s falling down 
throiiirh space lie said ( ( ) ( ') and he struck on a rock. Then he 
ro.se. He was not dead. He .said to the Beaver, "Did you see, 
friend; That is not ditKcult." .\nd the Porcupine carried the 
Heaver up the tree. He said to liiiii. "Now hold on to my neck;" and 
the Heaver did so. He clunjj to the neck of the Porcupine, who climbed 
the tree. When they came near the top, the Porcupine put the 
Hea\ er on a liranch of the tree. The Beaver was much afraid because 



1 ai. tsEiiie'li.v. NLk-'e sKiii-al)a'ir"a.sk"i. ts'Eme'ltx*. Se'lk'unt. 

1 ■ till' liiaviT Then very troubled Ihi- beaver. He was limid. 

was 

:.' "Hwii'il Dkmi ir'a'ani" Ue'yat. aXt. 

■Well' Km. I M-el" ThiLssaid the 

IM>reupine. 

:; Ni.k""e aXt uiEn-k's-qa'ojrot. NLk'"e iiiK,n-aV|Lk"t aL Le 

Tluii the up lipil. Then U|> he got to the 

|H>n-U|ilIle 

4 sKm-ts'ewi'nt. Hwil witk"i. aXt qale'dei. tai'ewi'nL gsm. 

ver\- top. Where heeaine the he let go the top of "the 

from i>orcupine tree. 

:> i4jote-(jale't. ni.k''e tgCni. hei. aXt aL de-d'Ep-yu'kt 

.\»~>m he then this siiid the while with down eomiiig 

It* dropped. porcupine 

ti ai. lax-(|al-be'is: " .\ndai)i;la'(|. aii(lahi:l:V(i." .\i.k'"e ok'st aL 

>■( ..n tb.- spare; i.', Then he at 

dropped 

7 lax-loop. Ni.k'e <i: Tn-he'tk"t: nij^i no'dt. NLk''e heL aXt aL 

'•" the Then he rose; not he wa.s Then siiid the to 

•*lone. dead. porcupine 

s t.s'Km(""''li.\-: "(Ja'aL. danuiLk"! Nf'if-ide qaqe'tk"t." Ni-k-'et niEn- 

ihe beaver; See. friendl Not it is bard." Then up 

;• wa'l.x I. aXL ts'Kmt'^'lix- ai. lax-i^a'n. NLk-"(" de-de'lEmE.xk"L 

.arnid the the beav.r to on "the Then on his answered 

l«.reupim. tree. part 

1<" aXt aL ts'Eme'lix-: "SEm-g-it de-yO'guL fEm-la'neist."' 

Ill' lo the beaver: "Verv fast "hold niv neck ■• 

l..^c^plne 
ll Ni.k-'e hwili. ts'Eme'lix-. SEm-jrit (lEx-yu'kd(''t t'Em-lii'nix i. aXt. 

'•'"■" '''■' 'ver. ViTv fasi heboid the neck of the 

*" porcupine. 

Ii' Ni.k"e niEn-iii'et ai. lax-<:!i'ii. Ni.k'et hwaL Le bam-t.s"ewi'nt. 

""■" "I' '"■ '" "11 the Then he reached (fnt.) near the tup. 

went tree. 

I"' Ni.k"rt le-d";V<lKi. ts'Eine'lix- aL lax-ane'.st. NLk-"e wi-t'e's hwfl 

""" "" li'I'u' I'le beaver lo on the Then greatlv (verbal 

branch. wa.s noun) 

14 xi>Kt>a'xi. ts'Kiiie'lix- aL hwfl ni'jridi ttfal-a'niL anWnt aL 



»Irnl<l IIicIh 



a);alnsl Kix)d 



hands 



TSIMSHIAN TKXTS 



SI 



his hands were not ul.le I., lu.l.l „„ i„ ,l„. ,,,.... Only the l'..ivupine 
knows how to do that, because liis claws are Ion--. 

Now the Porcupine said, -Hold „„ to the tree. Iri..nd I will .r„ 
down first." The Heaver did so. .linuiuu. round the l.raneh with his 
arms. Then the Ponaipin.. let u„ „f the tr.-e ami fell down. H,- said 
again {'.) ( ( ) and he struck the rock, hut he was not dead. 

Now the great Beaver was much Iroul.led, h„l,li„jr <,„ to the i.ran.h. 
He was afraid to let go: hut the I'or.upine ran about at the foot of 
the tree, and looked up to his friend. He said, '^Oh, friend, tiiat is not 
dithcnlt. Look at me. I am not d.^ad. although I fell dowti." Then 
the B.'av.^r let goof th.> hranch. and when he Fell thnu.gl, spa.-e. he 

dEm det-dix--yo'giiL gun. K-sax aXt t'ari hwila'x-t ai. hwil I 

(hit.) onhis fast hold ■,1,.. ,,„ly ,1„. wl,„ k,„.wH l,.,,„„sc 

part trci". I'nrciipiin- 

nene'luk"!. i.a'qstg'e. y 

long its pl.-uvs. 

NLk-"e tgoiiL hex, a'Xtg-e: •".SKiu-g-it dix--\o'gni.. dani<|i.k". 'i 

''■'"■" «'i's «"i'i llK' -Rrailv f>,si ■ l„,l,i ,ri,„,l 

porcui.iiu-: 

I)Em d'Ep-k-s-qaq nee'st hin." NLk-"e hwili. ts'Enie'lix-. i 

(Flit. I ,l,.wn lir-t I ihc,.." Then .li.l s,. tlu- l.cnvur. 

Txa-xi.Em-d'a'i.diL an'o'nt. Ni.k-"et (|ale'i, aXi, ga'ng'e. hi.x- 5 

All unmn.l wrr.- his h..ui.l>, Thrn l.-t k" the 'the In-u, on 

p.ircupine 

(pil-lie'i's yo.xgutg-e. Ni.k-'e huX tgoni. het: •■.ViidEliEla'ti. ^ 

~-[""-'- hf went. Tbfii iiKiiin lliis li,- 

siii.l: 

andEhEla'(|." Ni-k-'e ha'k'sKm huX ok'.st aL lax-lo'op. NLk'e 7 

Then ..nee more i.CTin he ..n on the Then 

.ln,pp,.,l .stones. 

ni'g'i no'ot. 8 

n..t lie Mils 

.leiiii. 

Tk""e sEm-h")-ha'xk"L (|a'otL wI-ts'Kmi"iix' at lo-da'nii, ane'st 9 

Then very in troubled the tlie lieitver In- iii lield the 

was hetirt of Kreiil hraneh 

:ii. aha'g'a.sk" ai, dEUi tgwiintk"t. Ni,k'"e k"ui.-l>a'xi. aXt aL !(• 

iiri.l li.> wiistrouljled to ilut.i t.. fall. Thi-n al.iiiit ran the lit 

[.orciiiiino 

meiiL g:ui. NLlf'et niEii-g'a'tii, hwfl le-d"a'i, an-da'in(ii.k"t. 11 

tlie 'the Then up he whe.-.- o.i wiis his friend. 

foot of tree. loolieil 

NlIv'^o tgonL heL a'Xtg'e: •■Gwom, dam(|i,k"! Nig'idi (iii(i("''tk''t. 12 

Then this .saiil the "le.on. frii-ml' Not it is hiird. 

poreU|.ine: 

(f'ti'as ne'e; ni'g'i no'o("'E. ;u, hwil tgwantk"."" .Ni.k'-et ([ale'i, IS 

h.jok iit Uie; not I alii I aus,- 1 f.-II,' ThiMi let t'O 

deild. 

ts"Enu''li.x"[. ane'st. Tgclni. ht"i. ts^Eini^-'lix" ai. i.:i tgwantk"t ai. lax- 14 

tlie beaver the l.raneli. This saiil tlie heaver a! (peri.) he fell at oil 

B. A. E., BuLi,. 27—01' (5 



82 BUKEAf <»K AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bii.i..27 

cried, " Kwk, rock.'" Then he struck the rocks. He lay on liis buck. 
and his l»ellv burst. He wa.s dead. 



1 i|al-l»e'is: "Lc>'op lo'op." ts'Eme'lixT. he'tg'e. XLk''e ok"st aL 

•lAi'e: ■Sumc, itone," the beaver 6aid. Then he at 

struck 

2 lax-UVop. SF,in-ha.sba'-.sgMt. NLk''e sEm-XLu'xL bant. NLk''e no'ot. 

oo the nonii>. Very ou his he Then very burst his Then he was 

back lay. belly. dead. 



Thk Wolves and thk Di-.kk 

:-r..M i.> M,.,„h : 

The Wolves hud ;i feiist on a i)rairi(" at tlie iiumtli of Skeciia river. 
They invited the chiefs of the Deer to the feast. The Deer who had 
been called caine. Then they sat down on the prairie face to face with 
the Wolves. The WoUes said to the Deer. '-Yon on the opposite 
side begin to laui;h."" But tiie Deer did not auree. They said. 
"You shall laugh tirst." The Wolves replied. •■Ndw we will laugh. 
Ha. ha. ha. ha. ha! Now you iiuist laugh, yuu on tlir other side." 
Then the Deer laughed: "M. m, ni. ni. ml Now vou laugh again. 



TnK WoL\ ES AND THE DeEK 

Le'lyitxai, k'el)o'al aL lax-aina'uksal ai. saXi, Ksan. l 

Tliev liad a feii^t Ihc wi.lves iit en m I'niiri.- nt llie moutli Skcriui 

of riv.T. 

NiA^'et wo'or, k'"eho'L txane'tk"si. sEni-g"ig"a'dEni wan. sj 

Then iiivilr.l Ilie .ill tli.- .Iii. i rlwr. 

wohfs 

NLk""e hwil k""e ad"a'd'ik"sL wo'oni wan. Ni,k'"e hw?l k'"e 3 

Atoii.v .-■ame ih.- .!• ur. Ai..ii<.- 

iiivit,-<i 

wl-ama hwa'ndet ai- lax-ania'uks nagalaxde'lt <iani, k-ebo'. 4- 

very weU they sat at .m the |>rairie fare to faee an.l Ih.- 

NLk-"e hwil k-"e hei. k-"ebo'g-e aL wan: •• K-'ax-hi.sciaa'qsEsEni 5 

Atoiiee said the w.ilvo* t<. tlie ih-er: ■■duly hiilKh ye 

aL an-da'sdaas." K-'t": •■M'g-i." hOdet. "k-'ax-nt-'sEinL •; 

at the other side." Then: ■N../' they >aid. ■..nly y 

k-.s-qa'goui hisqaa'tisEt." dt"-he'deL w:in aL k-ebo'. K'T- 7 

Hrst' lant'h.'- ,.n their said the t" .Ihewclvev 

[.art deer 

hwil k-'e hcL k-cbO'g-t': ■•Uwa'i: D"e'En (Ieui histiaa'tjs 8 

At said the" ■■W-ll' 'KnI.. laiifh 

once wolves: 

Est. Hwa'il Ha. h;i. ha. h:i. hal Ilwii'i: (iop 9 



noniEst 



Well 



Well: 



de-la'sEni. K-'ax-de-his.iafi'tisKsEin ar. an-da'sdaas." ••Hwa'i: 10 



also to yon. only also lauKli 



he other "Well: 



D'e'EH." de'vaL wan. ••Hw-ii: .M -. m. ni. ni. ni. Hwa'i! II 

^^,id the ■■Well: M-. Til. ni. Ml, iM Well 

deer. 

Gop de-la'sEni. k-ebcY. K-'aX huX de-his.|aa'.|sEsEin. 1l' 

Goon also to vou, wolves. Only ugaii. also you lungh. 

83 



S4 HlKKAr hK AMKKUAX KTHXOLOOY [bill. 27 

Wolvr-H." TIkmi till' Wolves hiujrhocl ajruiii: ■•H:i. ha. ha. ha. ha!" 
Nowthi- I)c.T wen- afraid whon tho.v saw the large teeth of the AVolve.s. 
The Wolve- -aid. "Now. you on the other side, you shall laujrh again. 
Don't keep your mouths elosed when you are laughing. Nobody 
laughs like that. You must open your mouths as far as po.ssi})le when 
vou are iaugliing. Now do so. Try as hard as you Ciin. Don't be 
afraid to o|>pii your mouths." Thus spoke the Wolves. "Now 
laugh." Then the Deer hiughed again: " Ha. ha. ha. ha. hal" They 
opi-ned their mouths wide. They had no teeth. When the Wolves 
saw that thev liad no teeth they attacked them, and they bit them all 



1 Hwfi'il D'eKu." Ilwil k'e huX de-hisqaa'qsL k'ebo': 

Will' Atoiiir iigaiii also laughed the wolves: 

■_' "Ha. ha. ha. ha. hal" K'"e hwil k''e SEm-lexpets'e'Xi, 

■Hull. !m. liii, liii, ha!" At e much jifniM 

wt-re 

y, txane'tk"si. wa'ng'i'. hwil uit ga'aniL wud'a.x (ja-we'nL 

iill theiKfr. when (part.. ihoy sinv thesTf^'at teeth of 

4 kftio'gv. Hwii'il K''e huX de-he'L k'ebo'g-e: "Gop! 

tlu'\v..l\(-. Well! Then again also said the wolves: "Goon! 

;") liuX dr'-hrsi|au'q.sKsKni aL an-da'sdaas. G'ila'L sExsa'mExsEmEs 

aKaln ul-Mi laugh ye at the other Do not keep your mouths 

side. elosed 

(! ai. da-hisi|aa'(jsEsKms. Ni'g'ide hwIlL hisa'qsEt." de'yat. 

Ill aNi yiiu laugh. Nut he does he laughs," thus said 

7 k'elto'. "Q'ap-sKm-lo-ga'dEi, hwil q'aqL ts'Em-a'gam 

the "Really very in go where open in mouth 

Mi.lve.. 

s da-hisa'(|sEni," de'yaL k'"ebo' aL wan. "Hwa'i! Gop 

■ « lien I ynu laugh." Ihas.said the to the deer. "Well: Goon 

wolves 

!• ifai-hwi'lsEiii sKm-io-qiVdEn-sksEiii ai, hisqaa'«isKsKni. (J-ila'oL 

~. Iiir ilcivi.u very in i as hard as nl you laiiu'h. Iionot 

you ean i 

III le.xpets'e'xsKin ai. iiiK'dKmsEm q'fi'axi. (lats'Em-fi'q.sEins," de'yaL 

!»• i.irai.l Villi 111 ynu ii|Kii vour mouths. " thus 

said 

II kebo': "Hwii'il D'r-'KnsEui liistiaa'qsiEsKm." Hwil k''e' huX 

thew.ilviv "Well: Nii« you laugh you " .\t nnee then 

li.' de-hisqaa'i|si. wa'iige: "Ha. ha. ha. ha. hal" De'vaL wan 

iil-.i luiigh.-il the deer; ■Hull. liii. lia. li„. hii:" Thus said the deer 

1". ai. lo-qa-la'ii, t|a-ts'Em-a'(|det. K'o ni'g'i qa-we'ndet. Hwa'i! 

I" ni L-r.at their ni.iuihs Then m.l their teeth. Weill 

14 t^'am-ga'ai. k'ebo'g-e hwil iii'gi (|a-we'ni. wa'ng'e. K"'e 

only viw IhewolveM where iini teeth the deer. 

i-> hwil k'l't ha'p'adet. K'O hwil k'e't k"i.e-hat.sha't8deL 

•\'""e. Uiiyiina.liiHi At ..nee all over hit them 



ISIMSILIAN TKXTS 



over. Thru they (Icvourcd the Deer. ()iily;i few of llir I>i'c|- >!ic-- 
ceeded in cscapiiii;-. Fur thi> nason the Drcr arc afi'aiil (if lln- 
Wolves. 



k"eboV'e. K-'e liwil k''o't o-o'pdi-i. \va nge. (.^aiii-i.i.lM) i. 1 

the wolves. M. ,<tuv tliry at,- ihu deer. iinly few 

wani. iidu'a(|k"i. lio'det. N'l.ne'i. (|aii aii-xpKtsu'.\i- wan ai. 2 

deer siieceede.l escaped. Tlierefore the fear nf llie di-er ,,t 

k"ebo' gon. 3 

the wolves now. 



Thk St^rs 

ITol<l l.y Mosisl 



Then- wii- a town. Om- eveninjr :i man went out of tlu' house, and 
his son iiccouipan'n-d him. Thoy .<at down on the hoach. At'tor they 
hud lifiMi sittinir tht n- for somo tinip. the lioy h)oked up to the sky and 
said to a star. •'Poor fellow! You little twinkler. indeed, you must 
feel cold." Thus -i)oke the l>oy to the Star. The Star heard it. and 
one eveninjr when the lioy went out. the Star came down and took him 
up to the sky. 

When day hroke. the i)cople fountl that the lioy was lost. They 







Pf.li'.st 

Thk St.aks 






1 Iletk'l. 


(ialls"a'p. 


Nbk'e yu'ksa. 


Ni.k- 


"e k'si-uVoi. e-"at 


Tlifre wa.s 

a k-si-ste'lL 

out iicc<im- 


II IcIWII. 

i^6'uLk"t. 

hisrhiM. 


ThiMi it was 
cvi-iiiii|.'. 

tk""e'Lgum 

a child 


Tlu-i 

u-at 

man 


Lgo'uLk''t. Xi.k-"e 

llis child. Tlien 



punyliiK 

3 hwaude't ai. j^Ti'u. i.a nak"i. hwa'ndet, k*'e niKn-ir"a'ask"i, 

ihi-v Mit lit III fp lilt Who'll loni: tlicysat, then up liMikctl 

diiivn m( tlic iMWii. 

4 i.po-tk e'l.k" ai, lax-ha'. NLk'"e tgoni. het ai. pEli'st: "Q'aa, 

tho Imv til tlic -kv. Then this he to a star: 'I'oor 

little said fellow. 

."i •.'•a'uL k"opK-hwila da'us gOst. k'opK-xs-gunii'qs sa'El" De'yaL 

l.«k little l-ini; twinkler that. little feel- cold indeed;" Thus said 

ing 

' 1 L'o-tk''e'i,k" ai. pKli'st. Ni.k"'et iiaxna'i. pEli'st. La huX 

•lie t"iy t" the^inr. Then heanl the star. When again 

iltle it 

7 k''e'Eh. .SI. ni,k""e i/i yu'k.sa. nLk"'e k'.sixL Lgo-tk''e'Lk"'. 

one iliiv. then it was then went out the tmv. 

evening. little 

N K"'o d*Ep-a'd"ik'sk"i. pnli'st. NLk'"ot go'ut. Ni.k""et mEii-de- 

ihe ■•tiir. Then he look Then up with 

him. him 



Ni.k'V gwatk"i. i,gt">-tk""e'i.k". Xi,k""e 

Tlfti >,„-i...! ',i,e boy. Then 

little 



Then down 


came 


!• tla'uLt ai. 


lax-ha'. 


vent 


the sky. 


• Xi.k-V 


niK.sa'x' 


Then 


lt«a.«day 
light. 



BOiS] TSIMSHIAX TKXT?; 87 

looked for him overywherc. Tlicy asked :dl the tribes, but tli(>y (touid 
not find him. Then the people stopped, hut his father and his mother 
longed for him. Thev were ervino- all the time. Thev did so nuinv 
days. ■ ■ • 

OiiiMlay the man was waikinu- about cryiiiu-. Whm lu'sto])ped crv- 
inj<-. he looked up a mountain, and. behold, smoke canu' out of it. He 
went up. and when he eame near, he saw a woman. She asked the man, 
"Do you know who took your child T" "'No," said the man. "The 
Star took your child. He tied him onto the edge of his smokc-holc. 
The child is crying all the time. He is almost dead, because the sparks 
the tire are i)urning his body." Thus she spoke. Then .she said. 



g'etk'sL qal-ts"a'p. Txane'tk"i, lig'i-nda' k'ui.-g'ig-i'Eldet. 1 

lookerl for tho town. All i-v.Tvwticrc iiluiut llicv looked, 

hiiu 

Txane'tk"L sai. hwi'ldet; iii'g'it inva'det. i.a g\va'tk"det. 2 

Kverv liav Ihev did s(;; not llicv tcjiind I IVrf.j tliL'V lost him. 

him. 

Ni,k""e ha'udet: t.\ane'tk"r, qal-ts"ipts"a'pi, g'e/daxdet. K"*e 3 

Then Ihoy stopped; all the people of various they asked. Then 

towns 

qa'ne-hwila aba's^'as^k"!, UEgua'odKt qauL noxt. Qa'ne-hwila 4 

always was troubled his lather and his .Vlways 

mother, 

sig-a'tk"det. Wl-ht'^'li, saL hwi'ldet. 5 

' they .Tied. Many days they did 

i.fi huX k'"elL sa. k'"e huX k'ui--ie'ei. g'a'tg'e ai. G 

When a^-ain one day, then usain about went the man at 

k"ui.-wl-ye'tk"t. XLk-"e i/i ha'wui, wl-ye'tk"t. k""et l)ax-g'a'aL 7 

about lie eried. Then when he <Tying. then up he saw- 

stopped 

lax-.s,qane'st, gwlua'dei,. meye'en k'si-he'tgut ai, lax-stiane'st. 8 

on a mountain, behold, smoke "Ut stoo<i at on the 

mountain, 

lat. XlIv-'c hagun-a'qLk"t. (Twina'dei.. !' 

toit. Then toward he Behold, 

reached, 

hei, hana'qg'e. G'l'daqL g'a'tgv: lo 

said the woman. She asked the man: 

"Hwila'yiu fan go'ui. Lgo'uLguna' ; " " Ne'," de'yai. g-a'tg-e. 11 

■■Doyoil wh.. took your child"" '-So." thus said the man, 

know 

'•PEli'st fan go'uL LgO'ui.k". Lax-t.s"a'i. ala' t hwTl le-dTi'dKt 12 

"The stars who took theehild. On the edge the where on they 

" of smoke-hole put it 

tq"al-de-da'k-Ldet la'ot. XLk-'e (la'iu-'-hwila w!-ye'tk"t. NLk-'e 13 

against they tied it t,. it. Then always lie erit-i. Then 

La dEin ntVot. qanfi'lEirm. lak" fan ine'i.i. i.fpui'nt " U 

(pert-., (iut., dead. sparks tire whieh burns hisl^xl.v.- 

De'yaL. Ma'Laask"i, hatui'(ig-e. Ni.k-"e tgoiu. hei. lmna'<|g-e: 15 

Thus she He was told by the woman. Then lb- 



NLk-"e 

Then 


bax-ia'L 

up went 


g'a'tg'e 

the man 


hana't}. 


XLk-'e 

Then 


tgdnL 

' this 



88 BIRKAf OF AMKRICAN ETHNi'I-OGY Ibill;!? 

"(Ji) on. Maki- many arrows, that \<>ii may have a g-reat many 
(|iiifklv." Tlit> man went clown and came to his town. ThiTi' he 
made four luindle.s of arrows. He .saw a very lony iiiountahi. which 
he climbed. He stood on top of it. took his l)ow. and took an arrow 
and shot at the sky. The arrow hit the edoe of the hole of the sky, 
and stuck there. He shot another arrow, which hit the nock of the 
lii-st one. He shot a^iin, and continued to do so for many day.-?. 
Then the arrows came down, and leached to him. The man was car- 
rvin<; t<)ba<-co. red paint, and slinir-stones. Then he went up. climt)ing 
tile urrow.s. He readied the sky, and met a person who .said. " Your 



1 •■Ad(V, dzapi. wf-he'ldEL hawi'l dEm wl-he'lt: ami- 

■■(itum. miikt.- many arrn\i*s (fnl.) many: K***>ti 

3 sKni-t'e'ldEn!" Ni.k'T' ia^\-ie'eL jr'a'tg'e. NLk""et hwaL 

vi-rv iiulrlilv Then ilown went tin- raiin. Then lii' 

Vioit!" f"nmi 

:i tpii-ts'a'p. Ni,k'"e dzapi. wI-he'ldKi. hawi'l. Txalpxt liwil 

till' town. Thtn hf miidf miiny urrous. Fmir 

4 i.Km-di.\da'k"Lt. Ni,k*"et g'a'uL sEm-k""a-wI-na'guL sciane'st, 

hiindk-^. Tht-n he saw ver>- exceed- great long a mountain. 

ingly 

.5 nii.ne'L hwil mi-.n-ia't't. NLk-"e le-he'tk"t laot. Ni.k'et 

that where til* he Then on he stood on it Then 

went. 

ti go'ui. ha-Xda'k". NLk""et go'ui. hawi'l. NLk'et jtuXl 

he took his bow. Then lie took an arrow. Then he shot 

at 

7 hix-ha'g'e. NLk't" hwil hwi'ii. hwil naiuVoi. lax-ha' 

the sky. Then iloingso where the hole the sky 

of 

8 ni.hwil lo-he'tk"L hawi'l. i.e lax-ts"a't. SEm-g"it lo-he'tk"t 

there in hit the arrow, nti its Strongly in it st<KKl 

edge. 

*.* sEm-lo-Ls'r»'pk". NLk'"i'»t huX Xdak"i. k"elt. Ni,k""et lo-gu'XL 

ver> ill stmng. Then again he shot one. Then in lie hit 

10 g'api. lo-h(">'tgucge. NLk""et huX Xdak"t. XLk'*et huX 

the end in it stood. Then again he shot. Then again 

of 

11 xijp-gu'Xi, iji g"ai>. \Vl-he'lt .sal. hwflt. NLk"e d"Ep-a'i|Lk"t 

ill the he the 'end. Manv davs he did so. Then down it reached 

end hit 

\'^ ai. awa'at. K'uL-iu'kdEi. ga'tge ui hwindo'o ([am. mis-a'ust 

to his |.ros .\lKim larried the man tobacco an<i red paint 

Unity. 

l:! <|ani, Xt.s'a. .\i,k""t" niEn-ia'et. MEii-io'xgut lax-hawi'l. 

mid slingshot. Th.n up he rp he <m the 

went. went arrows. 

14 Ni-k-'e mKn-a'(|i.k"l ai. ts"Em-lax-ha'. Ni.k't" iii'ot. NLk""ot 

Then up I am.- lo in the sky. Then he went. Then he 

15 hwai. hwil hwi'li, k""alr. gat. XLk-"e tgoni, hei, ga'tg'e: 

found where was one man. Then this .said the man: 



8"-*^] TSIMSIIIAN TKXTS SO 

child is ul.out tu di,". He is rryinu- nil tlir tiiiu' lu'cuusc U\- l»„lv is 
being Imrn.'d. Caivc a pier of w..nd -,,, that it will lonk ju>t like 
j'our child." He oav,. to this ],,.isoii tol.ac.-o. rod paint, and sliiij^r 
stones in n'turii foi' his atlvicc 'riu'ii tin' jxTson was vorv <;lad. The 
manmadeariuurc of spruce, one of hciidock, onccd' l)al.sani lii. and one 
of red cedar, and one of yellow cedar, all as lar^e as iiis liov. Then 
he made a great tire. He built a pyre of slender trees, which he placed 
crosswise, and placed tire underneath, lie huiig his wooden iniae-es 
to a tree over the tire. He poked the tire, so that the sparks burned 
the l)ody of the wooden figure. Then the lattei- cried aloud, but after 
a short time it stopped. Then he took it otf. and took another one. 
It did the same. The figure stopped crying after a short time. He 



"La dKm no'oL Lgo'uLgun. Qanediwila ayawa'tk"t ai. hwil l 

'(Pert.) I (lit. I .livs vniirc'hiM. AIwmvs " Ik- , Ties l„c„n..- 

mei. Lipi.a'nt. Am hie dtm dzapi, gan dKm sK-g-a'dKn (Ikhi 2 

burns lii-^liodv. GihmI von , fut. i iiiaki' ii ifm.) iiink- ii niiiii int. 

stick iiiK 

ho'g'igat i.go-tk'"e'Lk"."" NLk""e gMna'nii. g'a'tg'e hwindo'o 3 

like' u iliilil." Thin k.-.v liiiu tli.- man l..biiii-.i 

littl.' 

qani. niEs-a'us (^ani, Xts"a. Nid\'"e sEmgal loa'nu. (|a'oti. ^ 

and refli.uiiit :iih1 -lint; Tln'ii iiin.'ii in ,i;..,>cl linirt 

g'at tq"al-hwa'tg"itg"e. >«Lk""et dzapL gan. Sil'eqs tgon 5 

the ■ uKiiinst he liafl met, Tluii he made a' stiek. Si.mee this 

man 

dzapt. g'e'k" tgon dzapt. hiVak's tgoni. dzapt. si:m-ga'n (j 

he made, heinhiik Ihis he made. l.alsam this he mad.-. eedar 

tree 

tgoni> dz:lpt. sguna'e tgoni, dza'pt. (^a'odr.t sil-(|as-(ia'ot'Knt 7 

this he made, velln«- this li.' made. It was as hir,l.'c- as 

■,e.hir lillished 

aL LgCVuLk". N'Lk'T't wi-sK-nie'i. hik". Ni.k-'et nia'i|saani. s 

as theliov. Then u-reatlv lie burn a lire. Then he plaeed 

maiie 

qasqe'.sgum gan. NLk-T>t le-.sg-i'i, hiiX (|e'sgum gan. ;i 

slender tree-. Then on he lai.l aU.. a sleililer tree. 

NLk-"e sK.-iiiE'i. lak" ai. i.aXt. Ni.k-"et lr--ia'qi. g'at ai. in 

Then he burn a tire at iimhMil. Then ..n he the at 

„,ade I'""'-' '""" 

lax-ga'n. Ni.k-"et ((c'Lqani. lak". N'l.k-T' mei. i.Jpui'ni. n 

on "the Then he poked tile lire. Then burnt theb.»lynf 

tree. 

g-a'dEm gan. Ni.k-T' wi-anilie't ai. ayawa'tk"t. Ni'g-f 12 

the man of w I. Then he shouted and eried. Not 

nak"L het. k-"e haul. Ni-k-'et sti-ina'gat. \i.k-"et huX IM 

long hespoke. then 1,,-stopped. Then olT betook Then avail, 

oo'uL k-"("lt. Xi.k-"e huX hwilt. Ni'g'i nak"i. ayawrrtk"t. 14 

betook one. Then also he did so. Not long he i-rU-d, 



90 



lUKKAT HK AMKKU AN ETHXoLdUY 



[bull. 27 



took it down. Then lu> tiod the red cedar to the tree and poked the 
tire. There weri- \eiy many sparks. The fiirme cried for a long 
time, and then stopped. He took it down and hung up the yellow 
eedar. It did not stop. Then he took the image of yellow cedar. 

He went on. and came to a place where he heard a man splitting 
Hrewoo<l witli his wedge and hammer. His name was Gix-.sat.s'a'nt.V. 
When he came near, he asked him. •" Where is the hou.se ?" At the 
>ame time he gave him t4>l)acco. Then G-ixsatsTi'ntx- began to swell 
wlicn he tasted the tobacco. (The people of olden times called it 
"ln'ing troubled."! H-- ;il-«> 'i-ave him red paint and sling-stones. 



]\:iu\. 



NLk-"e 
Tlu-n 



huX 

also 



sa-nia'gat. 

off he took 



NLk''et 

Then 



le-tse'epL sEm-ga'n. NLk"'et 

on he tied cedur. Then 



8 sF;in-k'a-wI-he'ii 

4 



verv exi-i*ed- mimy 
InKly 

iyawa'tk"tg'e. XLk"' 

il cried. Then 



(ana'luk. 

>fiiirks. 

e huX 

ttKilin 



huX qe'LqanL lak". NLk''c 

af;ain he poked the lire. Then 

Ni.k'"e nak"t wi-ye'tk"t 

Then lonj; it eried 



ha'ut. NLk*'et huX sa-ma'giit. 

it stopped. Then also off he took it. 

.\i,k''et go'uL .sgunii'e. NLk'e ni'g'idi qe'sxk"tg'e. Ni.k-'e 





Then he took 


yellow Then not il s 
cedar. 


itopped. 


Then 


« 


iil'Et; gu'kdet 

he went; he took 


g'a'dEin ga'iiEm .sgunii'e. 

the man of \y,m\ of yellow 
cedar. 






7 


Xi.k''et iiExiia' 


I. liwtl hahti'i, fan dziipL 


lak". 


He-yu'kt 




Then he heanl 


where noise who made 


tire- 
wood. 


He began 


>> 


guXi, lak" aL li»t qani. daqi.. G ix •sats'a'ntx 


hwaL 




to Uike lire»i«Nl wi 


ith wedge and hammer. Gixsit; 


s'a'ntx- 


was the 
name of 


J) 


ga'tge. NLk"'( 


' hagun-ia'i, g'a'tg'e. NLk''et 


g'e'dExs 




the mnn. Then 


toward went the man. Then 


he asked 


10 


{tix"siit.s"a'ntx': 


'"Ndai. hwil hi"'tk"i, hwilpT" 


Ni.k-- 


et g-enL 




(ilxsatsTi'ntx 


•Where (verbal .•^lands ih.- house?" 
noun i 


Then 


he gave 
food 


11 


g'a'tg'e aL h 


windo'6. NLk""i"» ri'd'rksk"i> 


hwil 


gitk"s 




(lie man ol 


tobiiceo. Then came 


(verbal 
noun) 


swelled 


iL' 


(iix"satsYi'ntx\ 


Wl-t'e'si- bwil g-i'tk"tg-e. 


At hwil 




(ilx-«ii.H'ii'ntx . 


.Much wiLs (verbal he swelled, 
nonn ) 




Because 


18 


batp. hwindo'o 


(|an hwHt (ni, sE-wa'deL 


waLEn-g"ig'a't 




he the tohtteeo 
l..«te.! 


therefore he did so (they called it 


the former people 


14 


ai. ulm'g'ask"). 


t hwil baqi. ak'.sda'L hwindo'o. 


NLk-'et 




hJ Hii« 
tronl.l.-.li. 


Iiceau-se he tiusted sweetness of tobacco. 


Then 


15 


huX g'tna'mi. 


iiiEs-a'ust (|ani. Xts'a. 


Nxk-'et 


maLS 




»l-o he>;n\u 


red iMiint and sling shot. 


Then 


told him 



^"■^^l TSIMSHIA.N TKXTS 91 

Then Cr-ix-siitsTi'iitx- told him whnv tlir .-hild w:i~. llr siid. •■ Wait 
in the woods until thev aiv all asleep, thi'ii oo up to tlie i-oot" of tlie 
house." The man went, and wiicn he came nearer, he lieard the voice 
of his boy, wlio was ciyino-; hut as soon as the hoy stojjped. the .-hief 
ordered his men to jxikc the liir until many sparks tli>w up. Whrn 
all the people were asleep, the man went to the root' of the house 
where the ehild was. The rhild rrcoiitii/.cd hi- fathn- and eried; 
but his father rebuked him. sayini;-. "noift erv. don't ervl Thev 
might hear you in the housr." I'hr hoy stopped and the man took 
him oft'. In his place he tied the wooden imaye to the smoke hole. 
Then he went down. Early in the niorniuL;- ihc chief ordered his 
people to poke the tire. Then the w Icn imaL;c cried while the man 



G'lx'sats'a'ntx'i. hwil le-!io'ksk"i. 



i..y()'ui,k"i. ,e--a't<i-e. "TsK 

G-iX-S,lts';VlltX- uilLTl- OH W.IS llHThil.1,.1 'tll.Mn.ltl. 

With it 

k'"ax-d"ri'u("n aL g-'ile'lix" i.a dr.m wa'wiKjdet cIkmi k"'e 

Ihfv sleep -t'ui.i thfii 



"Only stu: 

niEu-ie'En 



de'vas G'ix'sats'a'iitx". K""e iii'ei. Lr'a'tjr'e. 

np i;ii.' thlKsiiifl GixsntsTi'iitx-. Tlu'ii went the man. 

NLk''e ha<;inia'i|Lk"t. \i,k''t"'t iiKxna'i, ain-he'i. i.<:-o'ui.k''t>,'"e 

Then luwanl lu-i,'..t. Then he hejinl I he viiiee .>( In-ehiM 

C-'et huX 



ai, ;iy;iwa'tk"t. Q'ai-!i.yi-iie'sxk"i. i.uo-tk-'e'lk". k-' 

at ervini;. Km as scon .1- ^li>pp..l tlie l.ov. then uiinin 

htll.' 

gun-iie'Lcjani. sEm'a'yiti. lak". lv'"i"' huX a'd'ik'sk"i. hwil (! 

ordered topoko the .■hi.-l the tire Tlieu usiiim i-iiine . verlwl 

tinlini 

wi-he'lr. ([ana'luk. i/i wa'wotp, hwiip. iii.k""e niEii-iii'L 7 

many the sparks. When slei.t tlie honse, then up went 

g-"a'tg'e. NLk"'e hagun-iii'et ai. hwil le-ho'ksk"i. i.go'ui.k"t. S 

thi' person. Then toward he to where on was with hisehihi. 

went it 

XLk-T't hwila'x-i. Lgo-tk-'e'i.k" iiEgua'odEt. Ni.k-'e wi-ye'tk"t. '■> 

Then knew Iheljoy his father. Then he .rie.l 

NLk-'et lii'Eli. iiegua'odEt: '-(i-Tlo'. g-ilo'! iiExna'yitg-e ai. In 

Then relinked his lather: ■Doirt. don't: they hear it in 

him perhaps 

ts'Em-hwi'lp." N'Lk-'e ha'ui. i.go-tk-'e'i.k". Ni.k-'et .sa-go'diE 11 

ill the Then slopped the hoy. Then oil l.K.k 

house.' little 

g-at Lgo'uLk"te'-e. Ni.k-"et ia'gai-le-tq'al-da'k'i.Ei. g-a'dEin I- 

tlie '' his ehild'. Then llo'w- ...l ajlainst he lied ll.e per-...i 



gan. NLk-"(" d'Ep-iii'et. Ni.k-'e he'i.uk. Ni.k-'et huX 

wood. Then down he Then uiorni.m. Then apiin 

gun-sE-me'i,Ei. sEin'a'e'-itE lak". Ni.k-'e iuiX ayawa'tk"i. 

„. ,.. l„o.,. theeiiiel the lire. Then afain criL-U 



«(•_> HlRKAl' <iK AMKKICAN KTHNOLOGY [biu,.27 

and liis son wore niukinfr their esc-aiH-. But the wooden image did not 
trv long. Tlien it .-stopped. The ehit-f l)eiame .suspiciou!?. and sent a 
man to the roof. He went up. and. l)ehold. there was a stick. The 
liuv was lost, and the wooden image was on the roof. The chief said. 
•• Pur-ui' them!" The people did so. The man heard them approach- 
ing. \Vhen they were close behind him. he threw tobacco, red paint, 
and sling-stones in theii- way. The paint was red: the .sling-stones 
were blue. 

The chiefs people found the.se and picked them up. Some per-sous 
took the sling-stones, and others took the red paint and put it on their 
faces.' While thev were doing so. tlic man and his son continued to 



1 Lg6-tk*'e'i.k". ai iji k''e' de-ia'L g'a'tg'e Lgo'uLk"t. 

tho Imiv lit when then with went the man his child. 

Illtle 

2 Ni'g"' nak"L ayawa'tk"!. g'a'dEm ga'ng'e. K'"e ha'ut. 

Nut liinc irii'l the porsiiii of woixl. Then he 

stopped. 

S NLk'*et lik's-g'a'd'EnL sEm'ag'it qan niEn-he'tsL k''alL 

Then Imik notice the chief there- up he sent one 

fore 

4 gat. K'e mEn-ia'i, g'at; gwina'deL gan. Gwatk"L 

mnn. Then up went a person: behold wood. He was lost 

.", i,go-tk''e'Lk"g'e; gsxn h"'-ho'ksgut. K"'e a'lg'ixL sEm"a'git: 

tlie iKiv; wixKl on was with it. Then said the chief: 

little 

(! '*.\m. niF^^Ein yo.\k"t." NLk*"e hwilL qal-ts'a'pg'e. K"et 

■'OkkI. Villi pursue Then the.v did it the people. 



them." 














lE.xna'i. 


g- 


a'tg-e. 


hwil 


La 


ii'd'ik"sk"L 


fan 


heanl 


a 1 




where 


1 pert. 1 


came 


who 



7 yo'xdr-iL. K'"(' 

pupiiieil Thin 

thelll 

8 yo.\k"t. NLk""e lii <|'ai'yTm delpk"t ai. ((ala'nt. iiLk'et 

purvui'd Then « hen ilnsi' hy near him at behind tluii 

them. him. 

!t .s(|a-la'g'ii. hwindo'o i|ani. niEs-a'ust (janL Xts'a. HwJl 

aen>..« he lubaiin and red paint and slingshot. Where 

threw 

!•• iuTcL hwili. 



IIlEs-i 


I'u.'jt. 


NLk-'e 


gu.sgwa'osk"! 


. Xts'a. 


the red 


paint. 


Then 


was blue 


the sling shot. 



11 Ni. le-hwa'ii. <|al-t.s"a'pi, sEufa'git. XLk'*e do'qdeiL 

Tin II i.n fiMindii iliepeople.it the chief. Then they tiK)k 

12 iHEs-a'us (|ani. Xts'a. lii i|ats"o'oi. ga'tg'e t'an dtiqL 

ihenil luiint iiiid iln- .<i.ine persons who took 

»lint:slii.t. 

la niEs-a'ust. Ni,k-'(" (|at.sY)'ot t'an d6(|i. Xts"a. DYi'Ldet aL 

red paint. Then some who took slins Thev put it on 

shot. 

14 qu-ts'Elts'a'ldet. Vuki. gwaiiEin hwi'ldet, nLk''e nak^L 

Uielr tiic»-i. Whllv liny were this. then it was 

doinK long 

'Thisaieounts for the colorvof the stars. 



''"*''' M"^ I MSI MAN TKXTS l);^ 

run. Again tho nmn heard tlir pursues apprum-liinu-. Now li.' .•ainc 
to G-ix'.satsVi'ntx-, wh,, sai<l. •• Kun ,|uirklv. niv (l..ar. -Vhry nill 
not catch you." Tlir Siai' lia.l lake thr 1„.\ . an.rih..|vf„iv llir'siar's 
tribo were pursuin.;- tlicin. Tlie man -aw ( i -ix-salsVi'iilx- tol.a.v,.. 
and tli(>n Ci-ix-satsTi'ntx- Mvclled very nnicli. s,, ||,at li,' ol.st rnetni 
the trail, and therefore llie Star trilie could not reach the man. 

Now he came near the li..ir of ij,,. sky. 11,. cann^ t.. il. and went 
down the chain of arrows. .\s soon as lie reaciied the uT..un<l. he 
pulled the arrow.s down, and tliey all droppi'd to the g-round. lie had 
saved his boy. Then he went down the mountain and I'an home, lie 
got the boy back, and theivfoiv he and his wife weiv ojad. 

hwil de-ba'xL o-a'tu'e i.o-r)'ui,k"t. Ni.k-'e hu\ ni:xna'i. ra [ 

(verbal made run i hi' 111.111 his mhi, rhni iii,Mih lie lu-nrd 

hwil ([■ai'yim ad"a'd"ik-sk"t ai, (faj'yim ([aliVnt. Ni.k-V't y 

wluT.. ,-los,. thryralll,. 1,1 ,.1,',„. l„.|,i,„l T|„.„ 

liiin. 

hwaL hwil hwfls (ilx-.sitsVi'ntx-. Ni,k-"e tironi, hes 3 

l"' whtTi- uii- IJ-ix-MitsTriitx-. Then this sjiiil 

G"ix"sats"a'ntx': •'Alo-ba'n, nati ni'g'i dnint <r'idi-fro'udet 4. 

G-ix-sats'a'ntx-: "Quieklv nin, niv mit (iiitj nicv oili'li 

cU'iir! 

ne'En." PEli'.st fani, eoi, i.yo-tk-'e'i.k'V-c. NTi.ne'i. t'an 5 

yiiu.-- The Slav wli.. l,,,,k Uw h,,v.' Th.-v »h.. 

litlli' 

yoxk"i. g'a'tg-e ([al-ts"a'])i, pnlf'st. Ni.k''et e'e'iii, g'a'tg'e G 

Iinrsiied the man tlietrihenl Ih.-slar. Th,-ii he Kitve the 

liiin food |H'lM>ii 

G'ix".sats'a'ntx' aL hwindo'o. \i.k'"(" gMtk"s (i'lx'satsTi'ntx- 7 

G-i-x-sats'S'ntx- of tobaeeo. Then swelh-d Cix sjit.sTi'ntx' 

wI-t"e'sL hwil e'i'tk"ti>"e. Lo-tjan haXha'ewagani. (|e'iiKx. S 

greatly he swelled. on iie- <.bstriirtinL' the trull. 

NLqan aqL-y6'xk"i. (|al-ts"a'pi, pKh'ste'e. i.a tpd'yiin de'l])k"i, !• 

Therefore not pur- ilir tribe ..f the star. Wh.-n el...,- n.-ar 

sued hiiu 

g"a'tg'e ai. hwTl nano'or. hix-lia'. ni.k'"et hwat. Nt,k""e d"i:))- 10 

themlin at when- th.- b..l.- .,i (b.- skv. tli,-n hi- Then .iown 

found it. 

iil'et. D'Ep-io'xguL hwil lo-ndE-i.ogixVodKi, hawi'l. Ni.k'"et i.a II 

he Down he when- in |.l,iee joi'niiiK eaeh arrows, Tlu-n 

wx>nt. went .if ..th.-r 

d'Ep-a'qLk"t. NLk''et d'Kjj-.sa'gML hawfl. Ni,k-"e mak-i. gul-tfane't. 12 

down he reached. Then down li,- pulled the Th.-n ,ln,pp,-.l all ,,f ih,-ni. 

De-ma'tguL Lgo'uLk"tg'e. Ni.k'"e iaga-ie'('''t. \Vitk"t ai. lax- V.i 

He was saved bis son, Th.-n .h.wn li.- II,- ,-ani.- ai ..n 

sqane'st. NLk-"e na-i)a'xt ai. (|;il-ts"a'|). Matk"i, i.go'ui.k"t: 14 

the Then out of be to Ih.-town, II.- was hi 

mountain. ibe woods ntn save. I 

gulik-s-daa'qLgut. Ni.k-"e lo-fi'ini, tpVott (|ani. ii;ik>l. l-' 

ba,-k bem.thhu. Then in yoo.l his heart ttlld lii.s wife. 



KOTTEN- KEATHKRS 

[Told by Mosos ] 

TluTc was 11 town, and a large prairie on which many children were 
phiyinir. They were always making a noise. They did so every 
morning all thi- year round. Then the Heaven hoard it. He was 
much annoyed, and therefore he sent down feathers. They came 
down, soaring over the children. One boy saw them. He was almost 
grown up and was very strong. He took the feathers and put them 
«»n his head. Then he ran altout. 



LoG6Mfx"Q'A'x* 

RoTTEN-KEATnEHS 

1 Hetk"i. (jal-ts'a'p. NLk"'e d'aL wI-lax-ha'p'Esk°. neLne'L 

Tlion- stiKj-l a town. Then there a on prairie, there 

was great 

2 hwil qala'qi> wI-he'ldEm k'opE-tk''e'Lk". Qaue-hwila xstamqL 

where playeil many little children. Always noise of 

3 alemhe'detg'e. He'Luk, nLk''e huX hwi'ldctg'e. Txane'tk"L 

their voices. It got then again they did so. Every 

morning, 

4 -sai. hwi'ldet. Txrme'tk"L k"oL hwi'ldet. NLk""e iiExna'L 

day they did so. .\ll year Iheydidso. Then heard it 

5 lax-ha'g'e. NLk"'et lo-hwa'ntk"L qa'ott. Wi-t'e's hwil 

the liniven. Then in was annoyed his heart. Much lieing 

i) lo-hwa'ntk"i, ([sVott. nEtqan d'Ep-ma'gai., qaq'a'x". NLk'"e 

ill Hiinoywl his heart, therefore down came a feather. Then 

7 di"'-d"Ep-yu'kt ai, lax-o'L k'opE-tk''e'Lk"'. NLk"et ga'aL k'alL 

«ls<> down it came to on lop the children. Then saw it one 

of little 

S i4jO-tk"'e'i.k", ui ts'6'sg"ini wl-t'e'st, La sEUi-dax-ga'tt. NLk"'et 

lliHe iHiy, (pcrf.) a little large. iperf.) very strong. Then he 

9 go'uL qaq'a'x", nLk''e le-he't'Ent ai. lax-t"Em-qe'st. NLk'e 

took the feather. then on he put it at on his head. Then 

1(( k'lu.-lia'.vt. 

HtMiut he nin. 



«o*s] TSIMSHIAN TKXTS <)-) 

The children hiid ii stick witli wjiicli they stnicl< :i wooden Kali. 
After ii little while that hoy be(j:ui to rise, his feet leavinu- the (rroiiiid. 
Then another one rushed up to hiiu iu\d took hold of his feet. His 
hands stuck to the feet of the first hoy. and his feet also left the 
ground. Then another boy rushed up to him and took hold of his 
feet, but he also went up. Still another niw rushed up to them, tak- 
ing hold of the feet. He also was lifted upward. Still other ones 
ran up to them, until all the children were gone. Tiien a man saw it 
and ru-shed up to the children. He also hung onto thiMn. Another 
one rushed up to them, and took hold of his feet. They all went up 
to heaven, the whole town, and nobody w-as left. The Heaven took 
them all up. He was annoyed on account of the noise of the children. 



TgonL hwili. k"opE-tk'"e'Lk": gam, do'(idet: ni.k""e huX 1 

This (lid thi' little children; stieks lhi> h.ld; then kIw. 

gam. ia'tsdet. Ho'g'igar> Left, ga'ng'e. Ni.ne'i, ia'tsdet ai. :.' 

stick they struck. Like u hull 'the stick. Then Ihey 

struck 

gan. NLa ts'o'sg'im nak"t de-iax"ia'((i. k""ali, Lgo-tk"'e'Lk". 3 

the Then alittle long with hunt' .•tie little h.iy, 

wood. him 

nLk''e lisle'sk"L asisa'it La uiEn-da'uLt. NLk'"c ttfe'saai. k'"ali, 4 

then hung his feet (perf.i up he went. Then rushed nne 

dExdo'goL asi.sa'it. Ni.k""et ttfal-htithe't an'o'nt ai, asi.sa'ii. 5 

he took his feet. Then usainst stuck his hands to the feet 

of 

Lgo-tk'"e'Lk"g'e. NLk''(" huX de-lisle'sk"i. asisa'it. NLk*"e 6 

the hov. Then also also hung his feet. Th.'U 

little 

huX tq'e'saai, k'Tdi, Lgo-tk'"e'r.k": huX dKxdo'(|i. asisa'it. 7 

also rushed oiu' little hoy; als., he t...ik liis feet, 

to him 

XLk-"e huX de-iax"ia'(it. NLk'"e huX ttj'e'saai. k-"alt. NLk"'e 8 

Then also onhishehung. Then again ruslic-.l .me. Then 

part 

dExdo'qL asisa'it. NLk-"e huX iax'ia'tit. Ni.k'T' huX ti|"e'saai, 9 

he took his feet. Then also he hung. Then again nislnnl to 

hold of Ihem 

k-'alt. La uiEn-qa'odEL k'opE-tk-"e'Lk". iiLk-'et g'a'aL t'e'sKm 10 

one. When up were tin- chil.lren, then s,iw it a large 

finished little 

g-at. NLk-"e de-tq"e'saat. NLk-'e huX de-iax"ia'qt. XLk-"e 11 

man. Then on his he rushed Then also on his he hung. Then 

part to them. part 

huX tq'e'saaL huX k-"alt. Xi.k-"e huX dExdo'qL asEsa'it 12 

again rush.-.l again one. Tlicn al^., he took the feet 

La wagait-lax-ha' hwil iuEn-sa'k-sk"det. Ni.k-'e qane'-hwila 13 

(pert.) tip to sky wlierc up they went. I'hen always 

hwilL txane'tk"L .ial-ts\i'p. Xi'g-i Lgo-q'am-g-Jna-dTi'L k-ait. 14 

,)jij „ii t.>wn. N<it little only behind was "Ue. 

SEm-mEn-qa'odet aL lax-ha'g'e. Lo-hwa'ntk"L (|a'odKt aL hwil i:. 



i<C, lUKKAl (iK AMKRICAX KTHNoLOGY (bill.27 

Thfiffon- tlie ll<-!ivcii took thfiii all up. Not even one was left. 
Th." whol.' town disaiipt'anHl. Only dojrs wore there, niiininjr about 
howlinir. 

.Now there wa^ a voiinjr uienstnmtincr o-irl who had been in a small 
hoiiM- behind the viilajre. She was there with her little grandmother. 
When >he left her little house and went back to the village, she saw 
that the whole great town wa.s empty. Then the woman walked 
along the street erying. Now she found an old wedge made of crab- 
apple wood, one nrade of sloe wood, one of spruce wood, and she found 
a little grindstone, a little knife, and some snot. She put them into 
her bcllv and went to the rear of the house. She did not put them 
aside. Then she lay down for four days and four nights. Then she 



1 .|ane hwila xstamk"i. alemhe'dcL txane'tk"i. k*opK-tk-*e'Lk". 

..hi,.v» ii(>i«r iluir voices all the children. 

link- 

'■i Nii.ne't (|an hwila'gut. lax-ha'ge t"an lUEn-qa'ot'Ent. Ni'g'i 

Tiiir.tiT.- ii Has ihchcaviMi who up linished Not 
tloiR.. them. 

ii niani. i.go-tpim-k-'a'lt. SEm-qa'dKi. (ial-ts"a'pg'e. k'sax-as'o'si. 

»M-hfi hiile oi.lv oil.- V.ry wore tl,.- n....i.l,- only dogs 

Jinished 

4 k'uL-na-giuj"e'dEt. 

atNait (n.iu'all hoivknl. 
dirfelions 

.") Ni>k"'e c|'am-k'"a'li. tk'"e'i.gum hanacj ia'sk". NLk'"e lielk"'L 

Then onlv one Vfiunj: t:iT\ menstru- Then sIckmI 

ating. 

Ii Lgo-hwi'lj) ai. g'ile'li.x'. Ni.hwil lo-dYi'L tk"'e'Lgum hana'q 

tt hoii^.- Ill inland. There in sat a young girl 
llltle 

7 (|ani, i.go-nts'e'it-it. Ia'sk" ni.qan d'at ai, g'lle'lix'. NLk"'e 

iinil her grand- .Menstru- therefore she sat at inland. Then 
little mother. aling 

s k'saXt ai. Lgo-hwi'lpt. NLk''e na-ie'et. K"'et ga'at. Ni'g"! 

>he went at her house. Then out of she Then she saw it. Not 
out little woods went. 

!• ha'yuksi. wl-txane'tk"i, wi-qal-ts'a'p. NLk'"e tgoni. hwTlL 

"iisl.-(l Knat Mil the people. Then this did 
great 

In hana'<|ge. K'ui.-sag'ap-ia'et ai. k'uL-wi-ye'tk"t. NLk''et hwaL 

till Hiiiiinn. .Mh'UI aloiig the she at about she cried. Then she found 
street went 

11 q'am-l("''dEm sgan-nu"'lik'.st qani, le'dEui sgan-sna'x qauL 

nil old wedtfeof crah apple and a wedge of sloe and 

12 Ir-'dEin .s'i'r'(|s • (|ani. i,gt")-an-qa'x qauL Lg6-ha-q"o'i, qanL 

md a knife and 
little 

I'.i ksi-nti'i.qt. Ni.k'V't lo-d'a'i.t ai. ts'EUi-ba'nt. NLk"'e q'aldix'-iii'et. 

-iioi Then in she in in her Then to the rear she 

put it belly. of the house went. 

14 Ni'git >ii-d"iVi.t ai. dag'igii'elt. La txalpxi. .sai. hwilt 

N't .iiiiiy she at « hell she lay ^I•erf.l lour days .she did 

put them dowu. so 



■""^^l TSIMSHIAX TKXTS 91 

fiUDi' to l)c with child and t;:iv.' l)irtli to a hoy. to another one. and 
to still another one, and to two more. They were veiv >tron<'. 
There were three males and one stone and one knife ancf one sno't. 
The one was named Little-erah-apple-tree, the next one Little-sloe- 
Inish, the next one Little-.spiiiee. the foUowino- Little-mountain, the 
next one Little-knife, and one nioic was ealled Snot. The woman 
had six children. 

The woman and her little <;randmotlier suckled them. Now thev 
were a little older, and then they were g-rown up. Now thev al.so 
began to play. They took a stick and played hall. (In olden times the 
people called this ■•hall-play.") Then the mother said to her cliildren: 
'"Stop, children! Your grandfathers were killed on account of this 



qanr. yu'ksa. NLk-'e a'(rik-sk"L hwil o'hKnt. Ntk-'e iUiLk"L 1 

auil evl•nilll,■^. Then >Ik- came (verbal pretrnam. Tlien slioKavu 

noun I liirlh li> 

k-'ali. Lgo'uLk"t. NLk-"e huX k-':llt. N'Lk-'e huX k-Vdt. 2 

one buy. Thou as;idii urn-. Then af:aiii oue. 

Q'ai-bagade'lL dax-g'ig-a'dKt. (iula'ii e'uXt de-k'"a'lL hVopg-e ;-; 

T.> ' tv, w.reslron.K. Three ineii with mie sioiie 

gether 

de-k'Ti'lL ha-q'o'L de-k'"a'lL na'ei.<|. i.go-dEp-sgan-me'lik'st liwaL 4 

with one kniie with one >nol. Little- erali-apple-tree was the 

name uf 

k""alt: nLk'"et Lgo-dKp-sgan-sna'x hwiU, k'Mlt: iiLk"'e 5 

one; then Little- sl.'.e bu-li the name one; then 

Lgo-dEp-am-sa'eijs hwaL k'Tdt: nLk'"i" i,gt")-dKp-s(iane'st hwai, f, 

Little- -fruie the name one; then Little- mountain the name 

(■( of 

k'"alt: nLk'"(" Lgo-dEp-hti-q'o'L hw:u. k'Tdt: ni.k'"et N:i'eui 7 

one; then Little- knife thenanu- one; then Snot 

hwaL huX k'"alt. QTiEldil'li. Lg'iL hana'tjg'e. 8 

the name again one, Si.K were the the woman, 

of ehiUlren of 

NLk""e qanet-hwila lemats"ik"sa'ant ai. txane'tk"L s:i ((iini. '.• 

Then always she suckled them at all ilays anil 

Lgo-ats"e'ts. NLk-"e La a'd"ik-sk"t dEm hwil k"opE-t"est'e'st. 10 

the grand- Then iperf.i eame ifut.) beinj; a little Urge. 

little mother. 

NLk-"e La t"est"t''st. NLk-'et huX sl-da'det dEm huX 11 

Then thev were larse. Then again new- they (tut.) also 

ly started 

hwil qala'qdet. HuX do'qdeL gau. Nrk-'et IniX ia'tsdeL 12 

(verb.al they played. .isain they took .-tieks. Then je_-ain they .-truek 

noun ) 

Let. TgouL sE-hwa'dEL waLEii-g-ig-a't. T'ak' t sE-hwa'detge. 13 

a ball. This made name the jieople. T'ak- they made its name, 

aneient 

NLk-'e a'lg-ixL ndxL k'opE-tk-'e'Lk-g-e: -'G-ilasEm. LgO'uLk". li 

Then sdd the the little ehildren: "Stop, child. 

mother of 

r>. A. E.. Bull. :.'7— o:^ 7 



98 



Bl'REAU UF AMKKICAN ETHNOLOGY 



(bull.: 



gaiiif. Tlie Heuven took the wliole trilx- up. Long aj^-o tlio children 
did the same thiny that you are doiiiu- iu>\\ . Therefore do not do so." 

One diiv the children did .so aj^ain. Their mother and the little 
{grandmother were unable to stop them. Now they were young men. 
There were five young men and one girl. They were called Little- 
crab-apple-tree, Little-sloe-bush, Little-spruce. Little-grindstone, and 
Snot; but the little girl was called Little-knife. They were playing 
all the time. They were very strong. The little girl was the .si.xth one. 

Now the Heaven heard them again when they started playing. 



.\mL 



dEm 

(fut.) 



ha'usEm. 

you stop. 



NiLne'L qan lo-no'osdet niii'en aL 



2 g"i-k'o'L. Nii'Lqan mEn-qa'odEL qal-ts'a'p aL ts'Em-lax-ha'g'e. 

long »(.'" There- up went the tribe to in the sky. 

fore 

3 Hwil hwi'h. k"opE-tk"'e'Lk" an-hwunsEm ai. g"i-k'6'L. Qan 

4 



They ilid the same 



the 
little 



children 



g'ilo' dze huX hwi'lsEm." 

do not on di> so." 

your part 

NLk'"e L!i huX k'"elL 

Then when iigiiin one 



nLk"'t 

then 



huX 

again 



hwilL 
did so 



k"opE-tk "e'Lkg'e, skwae't lii'leL no'xdet qanL 

the little ehildren. she gave up stopped their mother and 



Lfifo-ntse'tsdet. 



N'Lk'V iji dax-gig'a'det 

Then (perl.) were strong 



(pert.) 



q ap-q anna q 

they were young men 
real 



deit. K"stEnsa'l 



k'opE-e'uXt de-k'"a'lL Lgo-hana'q. Lgo-dEp-sgan-me'lik'SL hwaL 

little men with one little woman. Little- orab-apple-tree the 

name of 

k^'ii'ltg't'!'. NLk''e Lgo-dEp-sgan-sna'x hwaL k''a'ltg"e. NLk""e 



Lgo-dEp-am-sJi'eqs hwaL k'ii'ltg e 

Little- s|inicc 



hwaL k'a'ltge. 

the one. 

immeul 

i^o-dEp-ha-(j'o'L 



hwaL 



the 
name of 

NLk-"et 

Then 

nanje of 

hwiiL Lgo-hana'qg"e. XLk"'e 

Oman. Then 



name of 

NLk''e Lgo-dEp-am-qii'Ex 



Xa'ELq 

Snot 



Little- grindstone 

k-Vilt. NLk- 



qane-hwila 



little 



()ala'qdet ui t'est'e'sdet ui sEm-dsx-g-iga'tdet. T.s'oq'aldii'ldeL 

they pluyt.<l when they were (perf.) very strong thev were. The si.\th one was 

great 

Lg()-huna'(|. 

little 

NLk-Y't 



huX 



IlKXnil L 

hcanl 



lax-haVv 

the skv 



sKtYi'tk''stL Ih'm. k'opE-tk-"e'Lk"g-S. XLk''e 

Marl!..! said the children. Then 

little 



liwfl La 


huX 


where iperf.) 


Hguin 


ha'ts'ik'sEin 


huX 


again 


also 



BOAS] TSIMSIIIAN TKXTS '.)i) 

Then he sent the feathers. They eaiiic (K)wii a<;aiii. soaiiiio- nv.T tlie 

chiklren. The eldest boy saw them and took them. He put the i liis 

head and ran about, playing. Then his feet began to rise from the 
ground. The sky took him up. His younger bi-otlier. Little-sh.c- 
bush, ran up to him, but his feet were lifted from the ground. He 
could not pull his brother down. When he felt that he was getting 
weak, he said, "Break, my roots!" and his feet left the ground. 
Then the Little-spruee-tree rushed up to them. He tried to keeji his 
feet to the ground, but when he grew weak, he also said. "Break, my 
roots!" Then Littl(>-grindstone rushed up to them, and suddenly 
there was a great mountain. He also tried to keep his feet down while 
the Heaven was pulling hiui upward. He did not nio\-e because the 



d'Ep-ma'gaL qaq'a'.w Nbk-'e huX de-d"Ep-yu'kt ai. lax"-o'i, i 

down he sent feathers. Then again al^c) down they tc. ■mn.in.l 

k'opE-tk'"e'Lk". NLk'"et g'a'aL Lgo-se'lg'it. Xi.k'"et huX go'ut. 2 

the children. Then saw it the eldest. Tli.-n nf:,un h.- 

little little lonk it. 

K'^et le-he't'Eut ai. lax-t'Em-qe'st. Qane-hwila k'ui.-ba'xt ai. :; 

Then on he put it at on his head. .\lwajs about In- ran at 

qala'qtg'e. >sLk'"e ri'd"ik\sk"'i. hwil huX iax'ia'qt i.a ha'ts"ik'sEni 4 

playing. Then came (verbal again it hung iperi. i ayairi 

dEiu huX luEn-do'tp, lax-ha'g'e. NLk^'e liuX iax*ia'(it. NLk'"e ;"> 

(fut.) agnin u|. took tlie heaven. Then aL'ain he hung. Then 

him 

tq'e'saaL Lgo-wa'k't Lgo-dEp-sgau-sna'x liwa'tg'e. XLk'"r't liiiX i; 

rashed to his brother Little- sli'e busb his name. Then he ul-o 

him little 

dExdo'qL asisa'it. NLk-"e ni'g-it luiX da:i'i|i.k"t. Skwae't huX 7 

betook hisleet. Then not als.. ii. >nec,-.-.lerl. He gave np ai:ain 

de-da'mgantg-e. XLk-"e i.at ba()L dKiu hwil alt'sk"t. ni.k""e s 

also pull." Then when lie felt lul.i being weak, then 

tgSriL u'lg'ixtg'e: "Lfi dEm wudEu-hisbe'sL. wi'sdeist." '.i 

this he said" ••(Pert.) iiut.i along tear. my r.«.i-," 

de'ya. XLk-^"' huX de-lisle'sk"L asi.sa'it. .NiJv-T't tq'e'saas i.go- lu 

thus Then also also hung hisleet. Then rushed t.. l.ttle 

he said, 

dEp-am-sa'e<[S. NLk-"e huX skwa'et a.si.sa'it. Xi.k-"e ui huX 11 

spruce-tree. Then also hegaveiip his feel. Then peri.. al- 

.a'd'ik-sk"E dEm ali'sk"t. XLk-"e huX a'lg-ixtg-e. Tgoni. het: 1-2 

heeame ifut.; weak. Then also lies|H.ke. This Uv^ 

"La huX wudKn-bislie'si.. liwi'.sdfMst ha'ul"" Ni.k-"e tq'e'.saas i:; 

••(Perf.) al l..ng tea,, ,nv roots' ' Then rush... to 

Le-o-dEp-am-qii'x. NLk-"e sft-he'tk"!. wi-sqane'st. Ni.k-V- skwa'et 14 

LUtle- grindstone. Then ^s.uh st i ^;;„, -"""•■'-■ "n- '-••'"-"•■ 

huX de-da'm.'unL lax-ha'o-e. Ni'g'' ''"^ Lantk"t ai. bwil 15 

again al.^o puliing the heaven. N'.t al... it moved beeau^K.- 



100 HfKKAI' <>y AMKKKAX inHXOLOGY [eill.27 

iiiiiiiiitaiii \va- all ■•tiiiii'. hut afti-r a while the luinuitain moved. Then 
Siiut rii.-iie<i up to theiii. He al-o stuck to the ground. The little gill 
WiLs runninjr aliout. ruljliin*^ her hands. .%e was called Little-knife. 
When ."knot's feet were also lifted from the ground, she rushed up to 
them and elimhed her lirothers" heads until she reached the eldest one. 
Then she cut the feathers over her eldest i>rother"s head. She cut them 
rijrht in the mitldh-. and the children fell down to the ground. The_v 
did not go uj) to the sky. The feathers always stayed on the eldest 
tirother's iiead. and he was called Kotten-feathers. 

Now Hoiten-feathers and his younger Inother went on all alone. 
Thev came to a town, and there Hottcn-feathers married a woman. 
Then he returned to his own town, and there he staj'ed with her. 



1 lo'o|i qan hwilt. 8l-go'n k*"e huX iaintk"t. NLk'"e tq'e'saas 

'I. .II.- Ili.Ti- It illii Ml. After 11 wliiK- als.i it niove<l. Tlu-n rushed to 

ft ir./ him 

•J N;i'ei.<|. Ni.k"'e qane-hwila tffal-sa'k't. NLk*"e k*uL-ba'xL 

Siii.i. Tliiii nlwavs nsitinst hi; Then nbout ran 

sttiek. 

:-5 i.go-hana'(|g'e. At ija'cxi, an'o'nt. Lgo-dEp-ha-q'o'L 

th,. irirl. She riibbeil her hands. Little- knife 

little 

4 hwa'tge. NTi. i.fi de-lisle'sk"i. asisa'is Nii'eLq. k-"e 

lier iinine. When nis.i hum: the feet Snot, then 

of 

•."' tle-tq"i"'.siiai. i.go-hana'(ig"e. SEm-niEn-yo'xgut lax-qa-t'em-<i"e'.sL 

iil«i ni^lu-d ti. the jrirl. \'erv up she went on the heads of 

them little 

•' g"Tm.\"de'tk"tg"e. K'"e wagait-mEii-da'uLt. NLk"'et sa-xt<e-q'o'tsit 

her l.r..tlier-. Then nntil up she went. Then iinick- across she 

ly middle cut it 

7 wagait-lax-o'i, i.e k's-qa'guni t'an goL qaq"a'x"g"e. 

up i.> oil top of th.- Iir-t"..iii- who took the feather. 

"^ Ni.k"'e xt.se-(|'o'st. K'e ha't.s'iksEm makt aL lax-dz"a'dz'ik"s. 

Then aerovi she Then agiiin thev fell to on the ground, 

middle eiil it. 

'•* Ni'g'i hiiX mKn-sa'k'.sk"t aL lax-ha'. XLk-'e qane-hwila 

Not mImi lip the.v went t.. the sky. Then always 

10 le-he'tk"i. (|ai|'a'x" ai. Iax-t"Km-qe'.st. XLk"*e a'd'tk'sk"L dEm 

•n »t.-«l (eatlu-r on on his head. Then enine Uut.) 

11 liwa'dKs Logoniix'ifa'x'. 

liL« imine Koiien feather^. 

1l' Ni.k'T' tgoni. hwi'ldetg-r-: sKnigal am hwTI hwi'ldetg'e. 

Then ihi- they di.l; v. r'y !;.io.i they did.' 

i:'. Ni.k''(' i/i't'idot tfam-k'Ti'lL Lt'igomix'q'a'x- qani. k"'alL wak't 

Then they went only .me Hot ten feathers and one his 

brother 

11 strdt. Ni.k-"i"t hwa'diL k"«"li, (lal-ts'a'p. XLk-"et gouL 

"'■'""" Then lui..\md one town. Then he t.~.k 

iwnyini,'. 

1."' hana'q, at nak-sk"t. NLk-T- de-lo-ya'ltk"t ai. lEp-tjal-tsa'pt. 

u »..mnii, he mnrrit-il her. Then also he retnrneil to his town. 



"O'**! T>;iMSHIAN TKXTS 1(11 

Thev h;ul a Ix.y. When In- was .^towii up. his father. Ki.ttci,- 
feathers, named hiui. Then he went . . . .' 



NLk-"et cle-d"a't lat. XLk-"e lii a'(rik-sk"t dEni i.<rO'm.k"t. 1 

Then with he in it. Thi-n <]vri.) i-iiinr iftit.i hiTi-hlM. 

ISfLk*'e i.<;T)'uLk"t. tk-"e'i.uuni o-at T.>ifr)'uLk"t<f •<"■■. NLk'T- ul 2 

Then hi^soii. a iliiia ni.m his ehil.l. Then wlii-n 

wl-t'e'st, uLk-'et etk"L hwas nKgua'udEt. L(j<roniix"(|Ti'x-i, 8 

large, then he lii- his father. Kotten-feutliers 

called name 

hwat. NLk'"e (ja'odEt .... 4 

his Tlien he went .... 

name. 



' For continuation, see page 'Z^l. 



K'klk" 

(Told l.y Mos**] 

A luiiiilxM- of childrt'ii played camping eveiy day. ^lanv played 
till- ^aini- ill one larjrc hollow log. They went into it and played that 
it was their house. They made a fiie in it and ate there. They took 
a large i|iiaiitity of provisions into the log. They ate salmon. They 
did so every day. One day when they were playing camping, the tide 
rose high and the large tree floated out to sea. The children did not 
kncjw it. They were playing inside. Now the log had drifted far out 
to sea. Then one child went out. and he saw that the log had drifted 

K''ei,k" 
1 Txanr-'tk"!. sa his-dzo't|si, k"<)pK-tk''e'Lk". Wl-he'lt. q"am-k'"e'lL 

Kviry duy pliiv- i'iini|iiiig little children. Many, only one 

I'd 

:,' wl-ga'n. Wl-lo-no'oL wi-ts'ii'wut. Wl-d"E'xL wl-ga'n. Nl 

liirvv I">:. A in hole Inrge inside. .\ large large log. Then 

large 

X, hwil g-its'EL-(ia'6dEi, k'opE-tk-'e'Lk". NiLne'L hwi'lpdetg"6 

"hire in went the little children. Then theirhouse 

4 wi-(|alk-si-no'6m ^an. NLk-'et l6-.sT-me'Ldei, lak" liit. NLk"'e 

lanie through hole of 'the Then in they burn lire in it. Then 

tree. made 

5 hiiX txa'xkMet wT-he'li, ts'ele'mdet. Han ts'ele'mL gul-q*anc'tk"L 

"'"' they ate many traveling .«almon the traveling all 

provisions. provisions oi 

f. k"opE-tk"'i"''Lk". La nak"L hwi'ldet ai. txane'tk"L sa. nLk-"e 

the little I'hildren. When long they did so every day. then 

7 iM huX tV'si. ak-s lii huX lo-dz6'qdet aL wI-ts'Em-^a'n. 

I" r( again great the iperf. i again in thev camped in large in the 

»a.s water log. 

N Ni.kT- huX ptji'l?k-.s. NLk-'e g-ig-a'k-si. wT-cra'u. Ni.k-'e 

Th.-n again the water Then floated the log. Then 

rose. large 

;• uks-o'liksk"t. Ni'g-it hwila'x-i, k'opE-tk-'e'Lk". YukL 

(r..in land it Net k.uw it the children. Beginning 

' " 'Iriltcl. lj„le * ^ 

I'l gwaMEin-iiala'qdet ai. lo-t.s'ii'wur. wI-o;a'n La hwa^ait-uks-da'uL 

Mm> v\,rc playing at in ihi' inside the 'log (i.erf.i away from land it was 

of large to sea going 

II Ml. hwa^ntit-g-I'ks i.a uks-na'k"t. NLk'T- k-.si-Lo'otk"L k-'alL 

"' ""y "H shore when from land far Then out went one 

to va 

li' Lgo-tk'T-'Lk". NLk-\-'t ga'ut hwtl mi hwagait-uks-o'lik-sk"t aL 

ll""c 'hil.l. Then h.Niw where iperf.) 



BOASl TSIMSHIAN TKXTS 103 

away. Then all the children went out. and they cried. The loj,' wa.s 
driftino' al)out in the ocean. 

One of the children was wise. He saw <,ndls Hyin<r alxjut, and then 
he returned into the hollow log and said, '• Gulls are always sitting 
on top of us. \Vhat can wc do to catch themf" Then one hoy said, 
"Let us hit our noses, and we will rub the blood all over the log. then 
the feet of the gulls will stick to the log." They did so. They hit 
their noses until they bled. Then they rubbed the blood on the log. 
Then they entered the log again. Now many gulls came and sat down 
on the log. About noon their feet dried to the log. Then one of 
the liovs went out. The oulls tried to Hv awav. but tiiev could not do 



hwagait-g-fiks. NLk-"e k"si-qa'6dEi- k'opE-tk-'e'Lk". NLk''e 1 

way off shore. Then out went the little children. Then 

sig'a'tk"det: qane-hwila sig-a'tk"det. Ni-k-'e k'uL-dii'uLi. wl-ga'n 2 

thev eiicd; always they crieil. Then about went the lug 

large 

aL hwagait-lax-se'Elda. 3 

on way out on the ocean. 

NLk-"e huX k-si-Lo'otk^L Lgo-hwil-xtVosgum i.go-tk-"e'i.k". 4 

Then asain out was init a wise little child. 

little 

NLk-"et g-a'ai. hwil leba'yuki, (jC-'wun. NLk-'e ha'ts'ik-sEm 5 

Then hesa\v where Hew g-ulls. Then again 

lo-ya'ltk"t aL ts'il'wuL wl-r^a'n. K-"et maLL: "Qane-hwila 6 

he returned to the inside of the "log. Then he told: -AUvays 

large 

le-hwa'nL tie'wun aL lax-o'Eiii. Aq-dEp-hwila'gut." NLk'T- tgon 7 

„„ ^it ijulls on toi> of us. What can we do?" Then this 

hcL k-"alL Lgo-tk-'t^'Lk": "Am dEp d^UlT-'sL qa-d/"a'gam, 8 

said one little boy: "Good we strike our nose.s. 

uL dEm k-"e iui'cLaat. dEp dEiii k-"e mant aL dax-L it 

then .fut.> theyl.leed, we will then rub at around 

wi-o-a'n. Nl dEui k-"e tq"al-hathe't tsoba'qL qe'wun la'tg-t\" 10 

the'^log. iFut.i then against stand the feet of the gulls on it." 

NLk-'e hwi'ldetg-e. D"isd"e'sdeL (ja-dz'a'qdet. K-"e a'd"ik-sk°L 11 

Then they did so. They struck their noses, Then came 

hwil iLa'cLaat. NLk-'et k-'ilq'al-ma'ndeit aL wi-ga'n. NLk-'e 12 

(yerbal they bled. - Then round they rubbed o.t ^Or-^^ log. Then 

la'mdzixdet aL ts'a'wuL wl-ga'n. NLk-'e ad'a'd'ik-sk"L wi-he'ldEm 13 

they entered at the inside of the^ log. Then came many 

qe'wun. NLk-'e le-hwa'nr^'la'6t. K-'e t(|'al-gulgwa'iukL a.sWit U 

gulls. Then on they sal on it. Then against dri,-.l thor (eel. 

La sEm-ba<rait-d'a'L Loqs. nLk-'c huX k'saXL Lgo-k-'a-wl-t'c'st. 15 

Whenyery middle was the sun. then again wen. out ,.h,^. -">• ""«- 



104 BriiKAl' OK AMKKK AX ETHNULOGY [bill.'.T 

fio boc-aasc their feci were "•liii'd to the loj^. Then the boy took hold 
of them and twisted ol! tiicir iiceivsi. He killed iiuuiy ^ulls and took 
them into the log. Then the boys were jflad. They ate the meat of 
the jridls and for>rot that they were drifting About on the ocean. 

The land was far away. They were on the edge of the ocean. One 
day they iieaid a great noise. The boys went out and. behold, thej- 
were drifting round in a whirlpool. Then they began to cry. The 
tree almost stood on its end, because the whirlpool was swallowing it. 

While it was drifting there on end a man ran out to it. He had only 
one ]('<:. 1 le harpooned the great log and pulled it ashore. He hauled 



i .Ni.k'i: UUa yuki. (jewun. Ni'g'it daa'qLkMeL dKm 

Then fluw the gulls. Not they succeeded (fut.) 

2 lelm'yukdetg'e; tq'al-gulgwa'lk°L qa-ts'oba'q"det aL gan. NLk'"e 

they flew; iipiinst \veredrie<l their feet on the log. Then 

3 d6<|L k""iilL i.go-tk*"e'Lk". NLk"*et lo haL-fuxt'a'qL t'Eui-la'nixt 

tiirik line little boy. Then in along he twisted their necks 

them 

4 guI-gan«''L wI-he'ldEUi qe'wun. NLk-'et lO-d'Ep-dii'LEt aL hwfl 

ull many pulls. Then in down he put in where 

them 

5 nano'oL wT-ga'n. NLk''e lo-am'a'niL qago'oL k'opE-tk-"e'Lk". 

the hole of the " log. Then in good were the heart.s of the little bovs 

liirge 

a G'e'iptlcL sma'x-tg-e lii t"a'k-deL hwi'ldetg-e lA hwagait- 

Theyule meat iperf. i they forgot whiit tlu y did when far 

7 k'ui'da'wiixleit ai, hwagait-lax-se'ldii. 

about they went at fur nn theoecan. 

H Ni'g-i lig-i-tsagani-dr''lpk"dct aL Iigi-lax-t.-<a'L aks. NYk-'e 

.Nut any- from sen short at some- on the the Then 

way to land where edge of water. 

l» iJi huX k-"elL ,sa dc-nExna'deiL wi-xsto'ntk". K-"e k'si- 

wheii again one day also they heard a noise. Then out 

grpit 

lt> Lo'oL kopE-tk-x-'Lk". Gwina'dcL, an-tgo-le'lhik-sk" hwil un 

"'■" n'.'lV '"'•'"• Behold, tlie whirlpool (verbal when 

""'^' noun) 

11 le-Io-d"Ep-yu'kdet. NLk-"e a'd'ik-sk-L hwil sIg-a'tkMeit i^ 

on In down they Then eamc (verbal thev cried when 

^"f-'M- noun) 

1-2 lo-<rEp-he'tk"L wl-^i'n aL dEm L6qk"'L an-tgo-le'lbik-sk". 

In down- nr««l the "log to (fut.) swallow the whirlpool. 

wurvl large them 

1"{ NLk-"o ui lo-d"Ep-he'tk"t. de-uLs-ba'xL k-'alL g'a'tg-e. 

Thill when in down- stixid, also from land ran one man 

«anl to .sea 

14 Q"am-k-"e'lL a.oi'i-'L ga'tg-(\ NLk-\->t g-aLk-L wT-ga'n aL 

""'■ "'"^ ''"•' "'""■ Then he the log with 

harpwHied large 

15 «|ala'st. K-'et t.sagam-da'mgantg-e. NLk-'e tsagani-a'qLk"t, 

Imrl"" „ ^'"'" '■■'"!' "'." '"' l'""*^ "• Then fnmi sea it 

"■ '"■ '"'•">'' to land reached. 



BOAS] rsiMSHIAN TEXTS 1(15 

it a-huro. The boys wore not drad. He had sued thnn. 'riini the 
hoys went up to the house of th(> num. There were many hoys. One- 
leg gave them to eat. The l)eaeli in front of the house snielled of 
seal. The man was spearing seals all the time at the edge of the whirl- 
pool. He watehed for seals, and therefore he stayed there. Tii(n-e was 
also another man living tliere whose name was Hard-instep. lie 
was mueli troubled, for he was jealous because One-leg liad saved the 
boys. One-leg was spearing seals all the time, and he eai-iied them 
up for the children. They ate, and they grew up to be yoiuig men. 
After a while the ehildren remembered those whom they had left 
behind, and they Ijegan to cry. Then One-leg asked the children why 
thev cried, and they told him. Then hesaid, "The town of your fatli(>rs 



Ni'g-i daXi, k"opE-tk-*e'Lk". De-le-ma'ts>-ui, g-a'tg'e. Ni,k-"e 1 

Not ilfixl till' hovs. He savcil tliuiii iIk- niiin. Thrn 

were liltlf 

bax-Lo'oL k'opE-tk"'e'Lk" aL ts'sm-hwi'lpL g'a'tg'e. Wl-he'lti. '1 

up went the bovs t" in the hoiisi- the miin. Miiny 

little ■ ■>! 

k'opE-tk-'e'Lk". Ni.k-"e yuk-txaq"Ens Q"am-k-"e'lKm asa'e. i-fi -^ 

little boys. Then besiin ted them only- .me- foiil. Wli.-n 

isk"i- (ja-g"a'ut ai. el.x; (iaiu"t-li\vila g'ai.k"i. g'a'tg'e ai. i 

steneh in front of of >eals aluiiy^ s|.eare.i the man at 

the house them 

lax-ts'a'L an-tgo-lr''lbik-sk". Nil. 4'ap-li'i.g-it (jan dziuit lat. 5 

on the the whirlp""!. He watrlie.l it tliere- he there. 

edge of ''•te stayed 

HuX k-"alL g-at huX dzoqt aL awa'at. Qa'dF.m lax-sn:i'(|si. *J 

Also one man also stayed in his Hard- on- instep 

proximity. 

hwa'tg-e. NLk-"e sEm-aba'g"ask"s Qa'dEm lax-snii'qs. G-ask":. ' 

his name. Then miieh tn.ubled Hard- on- instep. Je«lons 

qa'ott hwil g'a'aL tiabe'ir. k'opE-tk'"e'Lk" dt'-le-ma'tgus Q'am-k'"e'lEni ^ 

his when lie .saw how many the b..ys sav,-d by Only- one- 

heart were little ^ _ o 

asa'e. XLk'"e qanet-hwila g-aLk"s Q"am-k-T''lEm asa'eL eix. •' 

foot. Then always he only- ..lu- io"! seals, 

speared 

NLk'"e qane-hwilat bax-hwi'lgai. k"opE-tk-"e'Lk". NLk'"e i"> 

Xb,.n always np __he^'^ nie^ ehiKlren. Then 

qane-hwila txa'xgut. i.a a'dTk-sk"!, dEin ii'aima'qsit. 

alwar? they ate. (I'ert.t they came tut, i youths. 

NLk-"e La sl-go'n. uLk'^et am-(|a'oL kopE-tk'T-'Lk" i/i 1- 

Then wheti ^^after^ then ^^_^^nn.v^ ^^^, ,.1- -MMren . perf. , 

ala'ndet. NLk''e sig'a'tk-'drit. Ni-k'T't g'itla'xs ti"ani-k-"e'lKm asae 1=5 



11 



thev left 
behind 



benina. _ , ,_. v i *- IJ. 

cka'aan sig'a'tk"L k-opE-tk-'e'Lk". \Lk'et ma uleit. NLk'e 

„.b^- ,ried ^the ehildren. Then they told. The,, 

a'lg'ixs Q'am-k'"e'lEm"' asa'e: "Nrg-i nak"i. Le t.s'aps ^ dEp ^■> 

.said Only- one- fool: "Nol '"f thetoiM, ... 



KM'. 



KIKKAI" <'K AMKKICAN KTHNULOGY 



isiiotfiir. It isovertluMv. To-morrow morning you shall start. You 
may ii>e my cunoo. which is at the end of the village." Early the next 
morning One-leg sent the boys, saying. "Take the cover off from my 
canoe, "it is near hy yonder." The children went, and grew tired 
walking ahoiit. They could not find the canoe. Finally they returned. 
Then (hie-lfg a>ked. "Did you find itf The hoys said, "No." He 
sent them again, and they went: but again they grew tired walking 
alM>ut. lutt they did not find it. .Vgain they returned. Then One- 
lei-- himself went. He went to a rotten tree that was there. It 
was covered with small branches. He took off the branches and they 
beheld a large canoe. It was made in the shape of a man, with a mouth 
at one end. It was the same at the other end. Its name was " Wa'sE- 
at-each-end." It did not allow anything to cross its bow or its stern. 



nEgua'6dEn. Qai'yim gost. DEm sT-g-a'6tk" ne'sEm adzid'a'Lak° 

vour rathvni. Close by those. i Fut. i flan you to-morrow. 



'2 Qal-g'a'L ma'ledo 



ItKvlf 

adzid'a'Lak" 

tt>-morn->w." 



dsm 

(fill.) 



ha'hisEui 

you use it 



da'wuL ne'sEm 



NLk""e a'd'ik'sk"L mEsii'xv 

TluMi i«me (laylighl. 

"Ado'. 

■'Go on, 

K-"e 

Then 



k'"e'lEm a.sa'ei, k*opK-tk''e'Lk". 

one- fool the txiys. 

mile 

mfd. G'a'o ai. ti'ai'yim do." 

the It is 111 iU>se yonder.' 

i'linoe. 

NLk*"e skwa'ei, k'uL-Lo'odet. 

Then they rbvi- iibout going. 



dEm 

(fut.) go you 

. NLk'"et hashe'ts Q'am- 

Then sent them Only- 

sEm-sa-d'a'Lt Le ii'dEL 

very off put the rover of 

.sak'sk''L k'opE-tk''e'Lk''. 

went the children. 



Nig-it 



hwa'det. 

thev found 



tip 

lo-yilya'ltk"det. 

they retunie<l. 

niEsEin hwa'da! 

ill.l y..ii ilndlf.- 



NLk""et g'e'dExs Q"am-k""e'lEm asa'e: 

Then asked Only- one- foot: 



XLk-'et 

Then 



ne'etk''L 

said no 



k'opE-tk''e'Lk°. 

boys. 



ha'tsikvsEin huX hashe'tst. 

once more Hgiiiii he sent 



the 
little 

XLk •"e huX Lo'odet. 

Then again they went. 



NLk-'e 

Then 

"Ne 

'• Not 

NLk-'et 

Then 



k'ut.-uVfldet. 

iil-Mit they 



HuX 

.Vgain 



nttr'it hwa'det. 



NLk-\- 

Thcn 



huX 

again 



HuX skwa'eL 

Again thev gave 
"P 

yriya'ltk"det. 

they returned. 



NLk'"(" lEp-ia'es Q"am-k"'e'lEm asa'e. NLk"'e hagun-ia'et aL hwil 

Then him- went onlv- one- foot. Then toward he to where 
»elf went 

Lr-d'a'i, Lgo-ga'n la'ot. NLk"'et sa-d'a'LL 

On were little stieks on it. Then off he put 



.•ig'iL wi-anksi-.-<ga'n. 

liiy u nitlen tree. 

large 

Lgo-^i'iig't"'. Ni.k"'e 

the Kilek". Then 

little 

an-go'st. Ni.k'e 



alo-d"a'L wi-ma'l. G'atL ma'lg-e ts'Eui-a'qL 

open- there a canoe. .\ man canoe a mouth 

ly wa.i large 

huX hwTlL 

a\Mt It wiuN 



an-go'st. 


Lax-wa'sEL 


hwaL 


the other end. 


At- W:\'9E 
each-cnd- 


the 
name of 



TSIMSHIAX TK.\T< 



107 



When a man crossed it. it ate him. Then ()ne-le<,r said, "non't pass 
in front of the eanoo." And they obeyed because they wimv afraid. 
Then they put it into the water. It was a fine, hu'>re canoe. 'I'hey 
put many seals aboard, which were to serve as food for the canoe. 
Then the boys went aboard. They fed the canoe. Its bow and it.s 
stern ate five seals each. Then the canoo went, .\fter it had finislied 
eating- the seals it went very fast. Then they gave five seals more to 
the bow and five to the stern, and it went on again. 

Finally the children hmded at the town of their fathers. They went 
a.shore. Their fathers and mothers and all tlicir relatives were i-rving. 
Then the l)oys came back. That is the end. 



ma'lg-e. Ni'g-it ma't'KnL dEm .sqa-iii't lat. Tse da .sqa- 

it. If across 

the way 

aig'i.xs Q"am-k-"e'lEm 



the oanoe. Sot it let go any- (fut.) 

thine: 

y6'xk"L g"at. nLk''et g'e'ipt. 



I he 



it ate hii 



NLk-'i 

Tlien 



Onlv 



asa'e: "G-ilo' niEtsEsEm sqa-y6'xk"t." deya' ai. k'opE-tk''e'Lk". 

foot: "Don't you aeross so." thus to the bovs. 

he said little 

NLk-"e hwilt. Laxbets'e'Xt. NLk-'et iaga-Lo'odet t-s'Eni-a'k-s. 

Then they They were afraid. Then down thev iii the 

did so. put it water. 

ma'i tgo'stg"e. NLk''("t .'<do'k"det 

eanoe that. Then 



Wi-sEm-k '"a-ama 

Large very ex- good 
ceedingly 

wI-he'ldEL elx. 

many •seal.';. 

lo-magain-qa'odEL 

in they went 

K^stensr. g-e'ipL 



k-a- 



ley put Ml 

NLk'"e JEp-do'xL ts'ele'mi. ma'lg'e. 

Then its was food the canoe, 

own 

k'SpE-tk^'e'tk". NLk'"et g'l'ndeti. 

Then thev fed 



ipL ano-g"ila n. 

ite the stern. 



little 

g'ltsiiq ai. elx. 

the bow seals. 

N'Lk- 



ceedingly 

Ni.k-'e 



ma'lg'e. 

the tMinoe. 



NLk-"e 

Then 



huX k''stensi. 



The 



baxi, 

went 



the 



lax-a'k's 

on the 
water 



SEm- 
ri-allv 



k-'a-a'le-ba'xtg'e. Q"am-LiLa'exk"L elx. NLk'"et hiiX g'e'ndetg'e 

ex- fast it went. i.>nly it finished seals. Then again ihey gave him 

ceedingly eating to eal 

k"stensL elx aL g'ltsii'Eq. NLk'"e huX k"stens ai. g'lliVn. 

live seals to the bow. Then also live to llieslern. 

NLk'"e huX ba'xtg'e. 

Then again it went. 

NLk''e k-'a'tsk"tg-e aL qal-ts'a'ps dEp nEgua'oi. k'opE-tk-'e'Lk". 

Then landed at the town of their fathers the children. 

little 

NLk-"e k-"atsk"t. NLk-"e wI-t"t^'sL hwil sig-a'tk"L qa-nEgiia'6tk"det 

Then ihey landed. Then much (verbal cried their fathers 



qanL 

and 



a-na'n6xk"det qani. gul-gane'L hwilhwila'iskMet. Ni.k-"e 

heir mothers and 'all their relatives. Then 



gu'lik-s-a.\"a'qLk"dct. Sa'-liaxt. 

back tliey got. The end. 



The Skai.ion IIlntkus 

(Told by Moses] 

Thoro wtMo four men — one of the Wolf elan, one of the Raven elan, 
one iif the Eajrle elan, and one of the Bear clan. They were great 
hunters. There were four roeks. The men went out in their canoe.-- to 
these roeks. and when they arrived tliere they found the rocks full of 
seal ions. The roek of one of the men was not full. He caught only 
two. The men of the Raven clan, of the Wolf clan, and of the Eagle 
clan caught a great many. Then the one man was ashamed because 
he had caught onlv two. The next time thev started he came home 



Till; Skai.iiin Hi n ri;i;s 

1 K-ali. g-at. ni,k-'e luiX k-"ali. g-at. Ni.k-"e huX k'VilL 

line mini. then a(!ain one mini. Then again one 

2 g"at. N'Lk"'e huX kYilL g'at. Lax-k"ebo' qauL qanha'da qanL 

man. Then n^in one man. A wolf clan and a raven clan and a 

man man 

3 g-isV)ewuduwK'da qanL lax-skl'yek. GwIx'-wo'el k-'alL qanha'da. 

KlsliewuiUiHK'da and an eagle clan man. .\ hunter was one raven clan 

elan mini man. 

■i XLk'"e huX gwIx'-wo'Ei. k^'iili. lax-k'ebo'. HuX hwilL k""alL 

Then iiKain a hunter was one woli clan Again was so one 

man. 

5 lax-skl'yek. NLk''e huX hwili. k'Mli. g'isbewuduwE'da 

eagle elan man. Then again was so one gisbewuduwE'da 

elan man. 

t> DViL 16'op. Ni.k-"e huX d'ai. k"*elt. Xi.k'e huX d'aL 

There tt rock. Then again there another. Then again there 

wiis was was 

7 k-'elt. XLk-'e huX d'aL k-'elt. XLk-"e .sl-la'tk"t. XLk-'et 

another. Then again there another. Then they started Then 

was in their canoes. 

s hwa'det. XLk*'e le-mEtme'tk"t aL t'e'bEn. Xi'g-idi le-me'tk''t 

ilii-v Then on thev were full of sealions. Not on was full 

remlied lliem. 

it ai. k"'alL g'a'tg"e (I'am-t'Ep.xa'tL dedaa'qLgutge. K''e 

■It one man only two he got. Then 

10 niEtme'tk"!. mmal ai. t'e'bKn. lax-k"ebo'g-e qaiiL lax-.skfyek 

full were the of sealions ilie wolf elan and the eagle clan 

canoes man man 

11 qani. tpmha'da. NLk'"e dzaiii, k"'alL g-a'tg"e. hwfl q'ani- 

nu'l ihe niveii Then was one num. l»eea\ise only 

eliui man. ashameii 

12 fEp.xa'tL dedaa'qLgut. XLk''e hiiX .sl-la'tk"t. huX mix"ma'x'L 

two 

lUS 



Then was one num. l»eea\ise only 

elan man. ashameii 

aa'qLgut. XLk''e li 

he got. Then again thev again they loaded 

started. 



='"'*I TSIMSHIAN TKXrs lO!* 

again almost empty liandi-d. He Imd ruuo-ht only on.-, 'nicn h,' 
was safl. 

One evening he started and stole the sealions that were on tiie rock 
of the man of the Wolf dan. When, the next morning, this man 
started there were no sealions on his rock. 'I'hen he knew tliat 
another person had stolen them Therefore he carved the tigiiro of a 
sealion out of wood and put it into the water. It was iinder water 
a .short time and came up again and lloated. Tiien he carved a .sea- 
lion out of another piece of wood. He put it into the water, and again 
it floated. He tried four kinds of wood, hut they did not prove to l»e 
good. Then hi- took a piece of hard wood, red in color like the skin 
of a sealion. He carved it and threw it into the water. Now it wa> 
vervgood. It did not become weak. He laid it on his own rock. 



mmfil. NLk-"e huX (jal -wi'tk"i, g'a'tg-e. Q'ani-k"":i'guL i 

the Tlun asain empty huiulud the man. Only one 

canoe>. was 

dedaa'(|i.gut. >«Lk""e lo-.si'epk"L (|a'6tt. <■> 

hc«.>l. Then in was sick hi< 

li.-an. 

NLk'T' yu'ksa. NLk""e *i-g"a'otk"t. Nr.k'T't le'luksi, t"e'l)Kn '-^ 

TluMi evuning. Then lie startccl. Tlien he stole sea- 

li.ms 

le-hwi'lt aL lax-lo'opL lax-k'eho'. Ni.k""e .si-g'a'otk"!. g'a'tg'e. -4 

im it was at on the the wolf elan Then starteil the man. 

roeki.f man. 

Ni'g'i le-do'xi. fe'hEii aL lax-lo'optg'e. llwila'yit invilt 5 

Not on were sealions at on In- rock. lie knew (verlail 

main) 

le'luksL g'a'tg'e. Qan hwili, lax-k'ebo'. lv'"et dzapi. gan (i 

stole them a person. There- ili.l s.. the man of Then nnide a 

lore the wolf clan. he slick 

lio'g'igai. t"e'bEn. K'T't li")-inrrk-.sTt aL t.s'Kiu-a'k's. NLk""c 7 

like ' a sealion. Then in he put it at in the Then 

water. 

Lo'ot. Ni'g'i nak"L hwil nVot. nLk'"e k'saqo'.st. NLk'"et f< 

it Not loiiK I verbal itemersed, then it eiime np. Tlieii 

emerged. noiiii) 

huX dzapL huX k-'e'Eli. gan. NLk-"t~t hiiX lO-ma'k-.sit t» 

again he made again one stick. Then a-an, in he pnt it 

aL ts"Em-a'k-s. NLk-"e huX Lo'At. TxalpxL gan an-hwi'ntg-e, lo 

on i„ the Theti a'.-ain it Konr sticks what he tri.il. 

aL nio-i aiuTi'mt. NLk'T' het dzapi. ts'epgum gan, hwil iiii'e 11 

hut iK>t thev were Then he he made a hard vv,v,«l. heinR rcl 

t;;,Md. sai<i 

ho'o-igaL ana'sL t'e'liEii. XLk-'et lo-ma'k-sit ai. t.s"Em-a'k-s. \'2 

Tike'^ tlleskin the sea- Thel, in he pnt it at in ^ Jhe ^ 

NLk--e sEm dEx-g-a'tt. NTgn huX airsk"t. NLk-'et le-.sg-i't \?> 

Then very itwas^tron,. Not a«ain it was Then on ^^^he.^ 

ai. lEp-lax-liVopt. ^•^ 



110 



BLRKAL- OK AMKKICAX ETHNOLOGY 



[BfLL.27 



Now, the other person ■^tiirted again at night, intending to st«al the 
sealions. Wln-n he ranie to the rocii. he .saw the sealion lying there. 
He took iiis harpoon and speared it. Then the .■sealion dived and 
Hwaui awav. (In former times harpoon.s were fastened to ledar-bark 
lines.) The man held the line and paid it out. For a long time the 
sealion dragged the canoe along, and the line was all paid out. Then 
the person tried to let it go, but the line stuck to his hands and the 
sea lion swam away with him. 

It was f<jur nights since he had left. For four day.s the sealion swam 
through the water. The man and his companions had lost sight of 
the mountains and they were far out at sea. The man was crying all the 
time. They went on for a long time— for ten days and ten nights. 



1 NLk-'e huX .si-g-a'6tk"L huX kTili. g'a'tg-e aL axk". 

Then iiBiiin startwl "Sain one person at night. 

qan si-g'a'6tk"t ai. axk". NLk-'e La huX 

there- he started at nii^hi. Then (pert.) again 



2 Jjc'lukst, 



thief. 

3 haguti-yu'kt. 

towunj ho 



4 goL 

look 



dapxL. 

a har- 
poon. 

5 NLk*'e laqt. 

Then it 



K-"et g-a'at hwil le-.sg'i'L t'e'bEn. NLk'"et 

Then he saw (verbal on lay sealions. Then he 

noun) 

NLk''et g"aLk"t. NLk''e so'uxsk"L t'e'bEng'e. 

Then he speared Then dived the sealion. 



TgonL 

This 



hwilL 

did 



waLEn-g"ig"a't: 

people: 



6 da'.xdeL dap.xL. NLk'e 

they (as- the Then 

tene<l to hari>oon. 

7 NLk-"e ui lo-qa'odEt. 

Then (pert.) 



laqt 

it 
swam 

NLk-'e 



mao'lk" tsE 

a cedar- 
ancient bark rope 

NLk''e dix'-yu'kL g'at mao'lk". 

Then fust lieM the the line. 



Lii iiak"i. t hwTl dE-Lo'oL 

(perf. I long (verbal caused it to 

finished. noun) go 

8 t'e'bEn ma'lg'e. NLk""e La l6-qa'6dEL mao'lk". NLk''et baqL 

lhe»«i- caniw. Then (perf. i was the line. Then tried 

Hull finished 

1) g'at dEm tiiale'L mao'lk". NLk"'e tq'al-he'tL mao'lk" aL 

the \(ut.) let go the line. Then against stuck the line at 

IMTson 

10 t.s'Em-an'6'nL g'a'tge. NLk'et qane-hwila de-la'qL t'e'bEng'e. 

Ill the hand the man. Then always with swam the sealion. 

of it 

11 NLk't" deda'uL Lfi txalpxL yu'k.sa. NLk''e ul txalpxL 

iiings. Then (perf.) fmir 



Tlien thev Y 

lefl 

12 su le-hwi'ldiH 



I perf. I four 

lax-a'k"s. 



lii k'ut-gw:Vtk"L .sqane'st; Lat 

aniunil were Ii»si the inotin- iperf i 

tains. 

14 t|ane-hwil!i sig*a'tk"t. Mwii'il 

aUuiys theycrie<l Well: 

15 sa. NLk'"e k''api. .sqa't'xk". 

dnyii. Then ten nights. 



Ni'g'it g'a'adeL sqane'st Lil 

Not they saw the moun- (perf.) 

tains 

hwa'deL lax-se'lda. I.io-hwa'nt; 

they found on the In they 

ocean. were; 

iji nak"L hwi'ldet La k''apL 

(perf ) long they (perf.) ten 

did so 

NLk"'e i/i huX sqii'exk" aL 

Then (pert.) again dark 



»0As] TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 111 

The sealion kept on ooiiii;- nil the liiuf. Ndw he wini a-limi- ;it u 
distant country and they landed on a sandy licaih. TJu'v jjuIIimI tlit> 
canoe up and placed it under the trees. Then they sat down. l?eli<il(l. 
early in the niornino- a eanoe wa.s eoniing-. One small man \va> in tin' 
canoe, but he was u.singa large canoe. When he came opposite them, 
he ro.sc. He held a line. Then he jumped into the water. For a 
short time he clubbed halilmt under water, anil tlnMi lie took his 
line and strung them up. He cauuht many halibut, and had a lonjr 
string. Then he emerged again. He took his eanoe and went 
aboard. He put all the halibut that he had caught under water 
into the canoe. The men who were sitting under the trees saw 
what he was doing. He stayed in the canoe for a long tinie. 'I'hen 
he took his line a second time and dived. Aeain he clubhed lialil)ut 



qanet-hwila dE-Lo'oL t'e'bEng'e. NLk'"e tsagam-a'<ii,k"det ai, i 

always calLscd it to the si'ali<m. Tln-ii I'nitii sea tlu-y at 

gci to latid reaeheil 

hwagait-hwil nak". >iLk'"e g'a'odet ai> la.\-a'us. NLk""et 2 

long ways being far. Tlieii they were m on the Then 

beach. 

bax-sa'k'deL mfd. Hwagait-ma'qdet ai, spagait-ganga'n. NLk-"e 3 

up they pulled the .\way they put it at aiuoni.' tree>^. Then 

eanoe. 

hwa'ndet. NLk''e sEm-he'Luk. Gwinii'dei.. mill i,a ri'd"ik'sk"t. 4 

they sat Then reallv morning. Behold, a r'Crf. i eame. 

down. <"noe 

G'uda't Lgo-tk-'e'lk"; wi-t"e's malL ha'it. uit iiwai. (la-g-ii'Xdet. 5 

One man a boy; a larjje eanoe he used, q>eri. , be in front of 

in canoe little eame theuj, 

NLk-'e lo-he'tk"L g'a'tg-i"'. Yu'kdei. mao'lk". NLk-"e so'uqst. (1 

Then in ^tond a person. He held aline. Then he dive.1. 

NLk-'e da'uLt ai. ts"Eo'yuX ([ani. huX yu'kdet ni'g-i 7 

Then he went at the bottom oi and again he held not 

the sea 

wl-na'k"t. XLk-"et (fax-q'aia'ni. txox" aL ts'Eo'yuX. NLk-'et $ 

verv lonL' Then he clubljed halibut at the l)ottora of Then 

- "■ the sea. 

goL mao'lk". Ni.k-"et sa-ge'dEt. Wl-he'li. txox- an-iiwi'nt. !» 

he the line Then he made a string Many halibut he iiinde 

took of them. 

Wl-na'k"L qe'ttg-e. Xtk-'e g-a'bEiit. Ni,k-"et goi. malt, lu 

Very long was his string. Then he emerged. Then he Kiok ^\m^ 

iiLk-T" logom-ba'xt. XLk-"et logmn-d(V<|i. txox" dzapt ai. 11 

then into he went. 1 hen into he to..k ,^J^\\'i,^f "m'alle" "' 

ts'Eo'yuX La l(\goni-qa'ot"Ent. (i-a'ai. g'at liwant ai. l-J 

the bottom of iperf.i into he had taken They n.e^ >'""": "' 

the sea it all. «i ... i -v- ■ , , 

o-ile'lix-o-e. Xak"i. lo-dTi't ai. ts-Em-ma'l. Ni.ket huX go ui. i:. 

" inland." Long in he wa. a, in ^J.e^^ Then agalii Jie^ 

mao'lk". XLk-'e hatsEm huX so'u(isk"t. Xi.k-'e huX yukt 14 

the line. Then once more again he dived. Then again hc^ 



11 -J HlRKAf OK AMKKICAX ETHNOLOGY [BrLL.27 

uiul.T WiittM-. Tlifii till' Mifii who were sitting under the trees 
himiched their luiioe and paddled up to the lanoe of the little man. 
One of tliein took two halibut, and they returned to the shore as 
.|uiikly as they .-ould. There they sat down. They had been sitting 
thiMc a long tinn> when the person emerged, holding in his hands a 
>tring of risli. which he had caught. He put them into his canoe; but 
now he missed two halil)Ut. He put the tish into the canoe, and 
jdilled up his anchor. Then he went ashore. He lauded on the 
sandv l>each. went u]) and found the four men, then he asked. ■' Who 
of vou stole my halilmt;" and three of the men said. ''This one took 
them." They said so. pointing to their companion. Then the man took 
hini l>v the feet, -tiiick liiiii ii'/ainst a stone, and killed him, because 



1 (I'liiaiu. t.\o.\- ai. ts'Ko'yuX. >i.k-"et tgon hwilL g'a'tg'e 

.lulilH'il lialiliiit ut the tjottiim irf Then this did the persons 

the sea. 

•1 hwant ai. g"ile'lix'. laga-go'utdei. mal. XLk"'e uks-he'tk''det 

.liiiiii; III inland. Iiiiun thuy look the Then fromland thcystood 

ii> tlK' hench canoe. to sea 

?, logom-diVqdei, t'Kpxa'tL txo.v. NLk''e tsawam-lo-ya'ltk"det 

iiiiii they ti»ik l«" halibut. Then from sea they returned 

to land 

4 ai. sEMi-t'e'Eldet. NLk''e hat.sik"SEm huX hwa'ndet \A 

lit verv i|iiii'klv. Then once more also they sat (pert.) 

down 

r> nak"i. hwa'ndet. ni.k'T' huX g"a'bEnl g'a'tg'e. HuX 3-u'kdeL 

Inni! Ihiv Mil. then icuin emerged the person. .\gain he held 

t; (n"t wI-he'lL txox"i. huX dzapt. NLk'*et huX logom-d'a'tElL 

It MlrltiK many halttiut at;ain he nnide. Then again into he 

o( iNh put them 

7 ai. t.s'Km-ma'l. Ctwat'Est ai. t'Epxfi'ti, txox". XLk"'et La 

at in I he He missed at two halibut. Then when 

iiiuoe. 

s loiroin-(|ii'odKt. nLk"'et sa'g'iL qadii'lEpt. k""e tsagam-he'tk"t. 

liii'i he put then he pulled up his anchor, then from sea he stood. 

tlieni all, to land 

i' Ni.k""("' g"a'ot aL lax-a'us. XLk'"e bax-ia'et. Hwa'yit hwil 

Then he wii, „n the beach. Then up he He found where 

went. 

10 liwaiiL ga'tg-i' txalpxda'l. NLk"'et g'e'dExt: •"Ne'sEm fan 

were the men fiiur. Then he asked: "You who 

11 doi|i. txox-g-fna';" NLk-"e heL gula'uL g'a'tg'e: "Tgon 

t.".k halibut iH.Thiip«,'' Then said the three men: "This one 

!•-' t'aii dot|t." Dehe'da aL k''alL Lda'teitg'e. NLk'^et go'uL 

"'"' ''">k They said to one with them. Then he took 

llleni." sii 

lo g'a'tg'i*. DKxdo'cii. asisa'it (|an ya'dziqLdot aL lo'op. NLk''e 

"" niiiii. Ilit....k Ills feel and struck him with at a stone. Then 



BOAS] TSIMSIIIAX TKXTS 113 

he bad stolen the halilmt. Now tlicre wcreonly three men left, 'i'lieir 
companion was dead. 

Then the man returned and landed at his town, lie carried Ids 
halibut up to the house and said to his friends. " There are people on 
the otiier side of the l)av. I killed one of them because he stole two 
halibut." The people said, ••(■all thenr" Then they sent a man to 
call them, and when they came the peojile o-ave th(Mn to eat. 

There wi're many people. They were all of the same si/e. Tlicv 
were very small. The three men wei-e by far the lar<.rest. They staved 
there a long time. Then the people made wooden clubs, and said, 
'"To-morrow we shall be attacked by warriors." The sky dark- 
ened. :dthouo-h it was not extraordinarily dark. Now. there was a 

no'oL o^a'tg^'e. t hwil le'luksi. txox'. XLk'"e q'am-gula'ni, 1 

wasdead the man, Ir- beiiij; ^tdk- halibiU. Thru <iiilv thrvc 

whc. 

g'atL ma'nto'"e. Xo'ol stik""a'ldeit. 2 

mi-n were left. He Has the one who was 

dead with them. 

NLk'"e lo-ya'ltk"L o--ii'to-e. Xr,k'"e o'atsk"'t aL <|al-ts"a'p. 3 

Then returned tlieman. Then lie landed at lliet..\vn. 

NLk'"e bax-hwi'loaL txox" ai, ts'Kui-hwt'lp. NLk'"e mtii.t: 4 

Th.-nhi- up .arrieil Ihe n. in tlie Then lie I. .Id: 

halibut heu^e 

'•Huwa'nL g-at aL an-da. l)za'k"deEi, k-"alt t hwil le'luksi, 5 

■■There are persons at the other 1 killed one he l.eini; stole 

side. who 

t"F4)xa'tL txox-. Xagan hwila'gut." Xi,k-"e hr>L ([al-tsVp: (i 

iwo halibut. TherJiore 1 did .mi n, him." Then .«ai.i the people: 

'•Am uiE huwo'ot." Xi,k-"t" sak-sk"t fan huwt'i'ot. XLk-"e 7 

"Goi-d yon eall them.' Then bit who ealled them. Then 

ad"a'd"ik-sk"t. X'Lk-'e yukt txa(("Kndet. ^ 

they eame. Then they be..;an to feed them. 

Wl-he'lL (lal-ts'a'pg-e. XLk-"e lu'g-i fesfe'st. ,\dik-"e'ir'i, !• 

Miiuv i.e..ple Then not they were The same size 

large. 

qadEpde'it. R-^e tT'sfe'.sL g-at gula'ntg-e. Hwa'i! i.fi H' 

hnwlar«-. Then largest were the three. Well! ■ I'erf. • 



nak'-L hwi'ldet. XLk-"e tgonL hwili. tial-t.s"a'pjr-e- Dza'pdf-i. 11 



Ions they did ■ 



the people. They workiil 



o-an aL sE-ha-.iala'Xdeit. XLk-'e tgouL he'det: "I'^Km 12 



stieks 



Then this Ihey said: 



a'd-ik-sk"L g-itwi'ltk" adzidTiLa'k"." XLk-'e a'd'ik-.sk"L Vi 

„. ,..ri,.r< lo.morr.iw ■■ Then it eame 

eome warriors or ue n .». 

sqa'exk" aL lax-ha'. Xi'g-i sEm-wa'tsa-sqii'exk". Xi-k-'e 14 

dark on the -^ky. Not very "tmordi- dark. Then 

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114 



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[BULL. 27 



g^reat sandv point below the town. There was :in open i)iaiiie 
there. Tlien many birds came— swans, cranes, geese, gniy cranes, 
laughing-gee.se, duck.s, blackbirds of the .sea. ducks of Na.ss river, 
gulls, cormorants. They alighted on the prairie. Then the people 
ro.se. Thev took their wooden clubs and ran down rigiit among the 
bird.s, and began to strike them. The feathers of the birds were 
flying aliout. tilling the mouths and the noses of the people. Many 
of them died, and only a moderate number returned. 

The three men did not join them. They looked at the tight. Then 
they said, "It is not difficult to tight with the birds. Let us try 
to-morrow." Thev did so. At davbreak the t)irds arrived and sat 



1 uks-he'tk''L wi-lax-S'us aL qa-g"i'k.siL ts'ap qanL wi-lax-ha'p'esk°. 

from stood a beach at in front of the town and a on grass, 

land to sea fcTcat great 

a'd'ik\sk"t wl-he'lt hwil liks-g"ig'a'tL ts'o'tsg'e. 



NLk-' 

Then 



Qa'f] tgoii. 

Swans those. 



4 Le'wun 



qada'lq 

Hind-hill 
eranes 



tgOn, naxnii x 

laughing- tho6Q, ducks 

gccsc 

amg"a'g"tm Le'sEms 

nawbills ot Nass river 

Ni.k"'e .sagait-k"'e'Eli, 

Then all together 



Wl-he'lt 

many 

tgon, 

those, 

tgon, 

those, 

tgon, 

those, 

hwant 

sat down 



hwil 

being 

ha'(| 
geese 



unusunlly many 



tgon, 

those, 



sEm-ts'o'tsEm 

real birds 



qe wun 

gulls 



tgon, 

those. 



q asqaos 

cranes 

lax-mo'on 

on the sea 

ha'uts 

shags 



wI-lax-ha'p'Esk". 

the on gruss. 



7 haldEiu-go'ldEL 



qal-ts'a'p, 

the people. 



yu'kdcL 

thev took 



ga ng-e 

the sticks 



{ ptTl. 



tgon, 

those, 

tgon, 

those, 

tgon. 

those. 

XLk"'e 

Then 



dzii'pdet. 

thov made. 



Ha-q'ala'Xi, hwa'tg'e. 



NLk-'< 

Then 



wi'd'axdet. 

thev ran. 



NLk''e Lwa'ik"ck"det 

Then they were mixed 



ts'o'ot-s. 

the birds. 

NLke 

Then 

ts'Em-a'qt 

the mouths 



K-"e 

Very 



lik's-g"at qabe'ii, qal-ts'a'pg"e. NLk"'et ia'tsdet. 

many several people. Then thev struck 



metk°L Lc 



laxL 

down of 



quni. 



ts'Em-dz'a'qt 

the noses 



ts'o'otsg'e. 

birds. 

txane'tk"L 



NLk-'e 

Then 



g-a'tg-e. 

the people. 



duXt; sEm-lIk's-g'a'dKm 

very different 



child 
they were; 

qabe'fi, 

number 
Nl.k'e 



<|agii't 

minds 



dEp 

(plur.) 



go'stg"e. 

those. 



lo-me'tk^L 

in full 

NLk-'e 

Then 

Q'am-fi'mi. 

Only u fair 



helya'ltgut. 

return e<l. 

iji hell, hwi'ldetge aL tj'am-a'lgalL 

niiiny they did so at only looking on 



gula'ni. g"at. 

the three men. 



NLk'e tgonL hcL ga'tg'e: 

Then thl.i said the men: 



" M'g'idi qaqe'tk"L aii-hwi'nsEinEst. 

"Not hard what von do. 



DEm dt"'-ba'gam adzid'a'Lak"." NLk-'e hwi'ldet. La 

(Fut) on our we try to-morrow." Then thev did .so. When 

part 



mEsa X- 

daylight, 



^"■'''^ TSIMSHIAX TKXTS ] ] r, 

down ...1 the pniirio. They ,-;.ll,-,l ii war. Th.' lm<l> ,li,l „„t .•..iim. 
there to feed. Then the three men ran d..wn. Th.'v di<l not take any 
cluKs, but th(>y just took the birds and twisted ..ll' tJieir necks. 'I'liey 
did .so and aeeomplished a oivat deal. Not „,„. of the men was dead, 
but they kilh-d agreat many birds. linn the peojjle werejriad. They 
are called G-i]u-i„a'mi>an.' The tlir.e men had killed ahuost one-half 
of the bird.s. The l)irds ,-ame there f,,r one month. Then they left. 
Now the people resolved to take pity un the three men. They did 
so, and sent them back to their own town. Tiiey returned, and that 
i.s the end. 



ni.k-V La huX a'dlk-sk"r. tsT.ts. NLk-"C huX hwant ai. 1 

tlK-n ipcrf. ] again rninc \.ir.U. Then „-„in tlu-v -..i „n 

down 

wI-lax-ha'p"F.sk". (i-itwi'itk"t sK-hwa'tdetg-e. aL k'T- ni'.r-i -j 

the on gnis^. \v„r ilu-v ,m11 it. ,1,™ u.n 

great 

hwilt q'ap-txa'xk"L wTdie'ldi-.m ts'ots. Ni.k-"e de-wi'd'axi, 3 

did really eat ninny liinlv rii.-n i,n ran 

ilicir pan 

q'am-gula'nL g-a'tg-e. M'g-idi do'.idei. ha-<|'ala'X. Ci"am-do'(|der, 4 

only thetliree men. Not lheyt.«,k ih.ilul.s, iinly they [(>,.k 

ts'ot.s. K-"et q"ani-lo-hai.-t"uXt"a'k"det: txane'tk"i. an-hwi'ndet. .5 

the Then only in along Ihey tH ivte.l oil'; all what thev dirt, 

birds. 

SEm-x8ta haLaElisii. gula'uL g'a'tg-e. Ni'g-RlT no'oi. k'Tilt. 6 

Very gain their work the three men. N..i dead i>ne. 

QaLa'bEL hwil lik'.s-g-ig'a'L ts"o'ts. Xi.k-"e lo-amTi'mi, (laga'otr, 7 

As many iliiTerent kinds of birds. Then in good were the hearts of 

qal-ts'a'p. G'llg-ina'mgan hwaL (]al-ts"a'j)g'e. i.a wl-lie'h, S 

the people. r;-ilgina'm.gan the name the people. il'erf. i munv 

of 

hwilL gula'nL g'a'tg'e La dEm dox-,se'luksk"L ts'o'ot.s 1> 

did the three men (perf.) (fut.i almost half birds 

at ia'tsL (["am-gula'nL g'a'tg't"'. K'"elL l6((sl hwTl ts"o'ots. in 

they only three men. One moon where bir.ls. 

killed 

NLk'"e qa'odetg'e. NLk"'e sK-ga'otk"i. (|al-ts'a']3 at. dnm II 

Then it was finished. Then rjsolvid tliepeople to tot 

q'am-qa'odit aL gula'nj. g'a'tg'e. Ni-k'"? hwi'ldetg't"-. J2 

takepity on thetliree men. Then theydids-i. 

De-ya'ltk"det aL lEp-qa]-ts"a'pt. Ni.k'"e gultk's-ax'a'qLk"det. 13 

They returned to their town. rh.n back they reached. 

own 

NLk"'e sa-ba'xt. 1-i 

Then the end. 

1 The Kwaklutl have the same legend. They ca'A the tribe of dwarfs G-nigdnfi'nEmi.«. i. e.. eliil- 
dren of the sea. The Tsimshian name is evidently a phonetic distortion of the Kiviikiutl wnnl. wi 
that it seems probable that this whole tradition, whieh is so remarkably alike to the aneii-nt lefeiid 
of the pygmies and the cranes, is of Kwakiutl origin (see F. Boas, nidiaiiisehe .sogen von dcr 
nosd-paeifischen Kiiste .Vmerikas, pp. 8*<, 192). 



Smokk-iioi.e 



TlitTo Wits a man who never slept in his house. He always lay at 
the edye of his suioke-hole. Therefore he grew exceedingly strong. 
\\'h(>n he went to gather tirewood, he pulled out a whole tree and 
carried it home on his shoulder. In the evening, when he had eaten, 
he went up and lay down at the edge of the smoke-hole. He never 
lay down in his house. Therefore his name was Smoke-hole. 
Noliody eould carry what he was able to carry. He always carried 
tirewood on his shoulders. He carried whole trees on his shoulders. 



Aii'ai-a' 



Smokk-iioi.e 






Yu'ksa. NLk''e nig'idi iG-g-il'eL 

Kvfiiinit. Then iim in liiy 


g-a'tg-e 

]i man 


aL ts'Kiii-hwi'lp; 

at in the 
house 


lax-ts"a'i. ala' hwil de-g-Ig-ii'eL aL 


txane'tk 


"l yu'ksa. XLqan 


III) llu> the sinokf- where lieon iiUvnvs hiv at 
eiliier.f hole his part 


all 


evening. There- 
fore 


:Vd"ik-sk"i. hwil dax-g*a't. iS'Lk-'e 


sa-a'Lk"t. 


NLk''et so'adiL 


he i-uine beini? strong;. Then 


he fire- 
made wood. 


Then he pulled 
out 


k'elL gan. Xi,k'"et huX txa-qo'ltsEgat. 


NLk*'e q'am huX 


cue tree. Then npnin all be earrie<I on 

shoulder. 


Then only again 


iii'r'xk"t. Ni.k'e huX yu'ksa. 


XLk-'e 


huX niEn-da'uLt. 


he llfil«he'l Then again cveninR. 
eallriK. 


Then 


again up he went. 


Ni.k-"t" huX g-ii'eLt aL lax-ts'ii'L ala'. 


Xi'g-idi 


g'fi'eLt aL ts*Km- 


Then nioiin lie la.v al on the the snioV 
edpe of hole. 


;e- Not 


helay at in 
down 


liwi'lp. Nujan hwata.s Am'ala'. 


Nig'idit 


go'uL g"at de- 


the Therefore his name Smoke-hole. 


Not 


took a on his 



n"n«e. wa.s jiermn pan 

go'udEt. Qani't-hwila txa-iial(icYt.sE<raL lak". Txa-qo'ltsaqdeL gan. 

he Iixik. .\lwuy> uU he earned on fire .\11 he earried on trees, 

shoulder wood. shoulder 

11)1 



Ts'ak- 

[TnM by Moses] 

There wai^ a hov naincd Ts'ak- and lii> old onmdiiiotlicr. Tliov liad 
a .small hou.se. and a small ln-duk was nimiinu- near by. Tlieri' were 
salmon in the brook. Ts'ak' went down carrying; a stick with a l)onc 
point, and speared the salmon. lie i^-ot a ureat many. Then lie made 
a rope of cedar twigs and strnn'/ llieni up. 'l'hi>n Ts'ak" went u\) tin- 
little river and caught many .sdmon. Then he returiu'il, htit he did 
not find the string of tish that he had ])laced in the water. He had 
lost it. Then he was sori-y, because; the great (iri/zly Hear iiad eati'n 
all the salmon which he had strung on the cedar twigs. He .said. 
'Big drop-jaw Grizzly Bear has doiu; this." Then the great (irizzly 



Ts'ak • 

K"*alL Lgo-tk'"e'Lk"g'c Ts"ak"i. hwa'tg"!"' de-k-'a'li. i,go-nts"e'etst. 1 

Out' little bnv Ts'ak- h.s nam.- witli mu- little Knin.l- 

iiiDlhtT. 

NlIv-'c hetk"i. Lgo-hwi'lpdetg'e. Ni,k-"(" baxi. Lgo-a'k's 2 

ThL-ii itlKTfl liltli- tlu'ir hoiisu. TIhmi rini u water 

stood litlle 

aL . awa'adetg'e hwil me'sii, han. N'i.k'"r' iii's Ts'ak'. 3 

at their proximity where in salmon. Then went Ts'ak. 

yu'kdii, gan hwil Ic-dTi'i, na'tstg-e. Ni-k-'et g-aLk"L i 

"hecarrieil 'a where on was a hone Then hespeareil 

stick point. 

han, wi-he'ldEL daa'qLgutg-e. Ni,k-'e t"ak"i, (facii,. Ni.k-"et 5 

salmon, manv he .sjot. Then he cechir Tin n 

twisted twiBs. 

k-'ax-sa-(ie'detg-e. Ni.k-"e huX gali-iii'.s Tsak' ai, inaga'ni, G 

for a he a " Then asain ' np went Ts'iik' to np river.. f 

while made string. river 

Lgo-a'k's. NLk-"et g-aLk"!. wI-he'ldKi, han. Hwa'i! Ni.k-"e 7 

the water. Then he speared many s^ilmon. Well: Tli.-n 

little 

La lo-ya'ltk"t. NLk-'e ni'g-it hwai. hwTI g-:lk-si, (lettg'e. S 

(perf.) he'retnrned. Then n.,t he f..nTi.l wher,- layjn '""f 'jl',','"-' 

Gwatk"r. tiettg-e. Xi.k-"c a'd'ik-sk"i. hwil l(-)-srei)k"i. ((Uts H 



It was lost his strini; Then 



l.eniK m sn'k h.-urt ..f 



of fish. 

T.s"ak-, aL hwil iii'eL wi-lig-T''Knsk"L fan dzai. han i.c In 

Xs'ak- becanse went the jrrizzly hear wh.. ale all the i p.-ri . 

great ^ sanii..n 

k-.s-qa'guui o-a'Lk"tg-e. nLk-'e. lc sa-iie'dict ai, .faiiL. Ni.kT' 11 

(irst ■ "he speared. then (perl.) he u of eedar Then 

'""' ' maile stnni; iwn:-. 

a'lg-ixs T.-^'ak-: -La huX neL wl-tk-'aa'gat. fan hwihVgiit I-' 

^id Ts'ak : "(Perf.) again he great drop-jav. 



11 



BCREAL- <>K AMKKHAN KTHXOLOGY 



Bear caiiie down and said to Ts'ak". ■ Wliy do you -.old ineT" 
'IVak- n-plii-d, ■•Why do you oat all the salmon 1 latohT' Then 
they iM'tr.m to scold each other, and the {jreat Grizzly Bear said. '"I 
slmll sniiir you in if you say "(io ahead."" Then Ts"ak- said, "Go 
ahead." -Vt once the Grizzly Bear snutled him in. and Ts'ak- was in his 
stomach. Ts"ak- carried a strike-a-liirht. pitchwood. and tinder. lie 
was in the stomach of the jrreat (Jiizzly Bear, but he was not afraid. 
Me struck his tirestones and made a tire of pitchwood in the crreat 
(irizzly Bear. Now there was a great tire. The j^reat Grizzly Bear 
mil uIkuU. and .smoke came out of his mouth. Before long he fell 



wI-lig-'e'Ensk"." an-he'tg'e. NLk'"e na-iii'L wi-lig-'e'Eusk". NLk'^e 

ilic Kriizlvbfur." H-lmt he said. Then out of he the grizzlybear. Then 
j-rt-iil ' wcMKls went great 

.\'go ma gan hak'sii'st?" NLk'"e a'lg'ixs 

■What von for scold me?'* Then said 



a'lg"I.\t as Ts'ak' 

he sjiid til Ts'ali-: 



Ts'ak': '"A'go ma gan dzaLt han Le dza'beEr" }sLk'"e yuk 

Ti-'ak-: "What you for eat all tlie (perf.) I made?" Then begin- 

salmon ning 

niKn-he'tdetg'e qani. -wI-lig''e'En.sk". Nol qan heL wI-lig'e'Ensk": 



III each they !.|K>ke an 

..iher 

•• Ne'mts'axkueg'a 

" I sniilT in maybe 

wI-lig''e'Ensk" as 

the grixzlv l»ear tn 

ttreal 

de'yas Ts'ak' ai 

Nild Ts'ak- to 



the grizzly bear, 
great 

le'Eii. "Ilwa'il 

von, ■ Well: 



Ts'ak- 

T^ak 



NLk- 



gwom 

go ahead,' 

i Ts'ak" 

Ts'ak-: 



Sitid the grizzly bear: 
great 

me'yaan. 

say so." 



de'yaL 

thus said 



■ Hwii'i I 

"Well: 



gwom!" 

go ahead!" 



wi-lig'"e'Kusk". 

the grizzly bear. 



NLk'T' ne'mts'axk"t. TgonL 

Then hesnuffed him in. This 



hei. wI-lig''e'Ensk". NLk''e 

-aid the grizzly bear. Then 



wl lig''e'Ensk". K'uL-yu'kdEts 

tile grizzly hear. About he carried 

great 

.sg'ini'st qauL x'da'ask". 

|iil<'h»-oiid and tinder. 

ts'EUi-tiala'sL wI-lig''e'Ensk" 

in the i>iiinnieh the grizzly bear, 
I if great 

OX'S T.s'ak 

Mmek Ts'ak- 



lo-d'a's 
Ts'ak- 

Ts'ak- 

NLk''e. 

Then. 



Ts'ak' 

Ts'ak- 



aL ts'Em-qala'sL 

iit in the stomach 



i.go-tia'mdEm 

little lire 



lo-d'a's 

in was 

nitr-i ali'sk"i. 



Ul 

ivhen 



lo'op qauL 

stones and 

Ts'ak- aL 

Ts'ak- at 



Nl.k-'et 

Tlien 

me'i.Ei. .sg'ini'.st 



ni.k' 

I hen 

Ni.k 

The! 

ts'a'wui. wI-lig''e'Ensk" 



i.go-qa lilt 

little fire. 



luei.t. 

it burnt. 



qats Ts'ak'. 

the Ts'ak-. 
heart of 

XLk'"et lo-SE- 

Then he in made 



NLk''e wI-t'e'sL 

liurn (iilehwiKKl at the inside the grizzh bear. Then was great 

of great 

hwTl mei.t. Ni.k''e (|'aspe' k'uL-lia'xi. \vI-lig''e'En.sk". K-si-yo'xk"L 

ivlicre It burnt. Tln-ii asiniy alxiut ran the grizzly bear. Out went 

great 

meye'ni. ts'Eiii-a'qt. Nig-i iiak"i. hwilt, k''e wr-sa-go'usk"t. Wi- 

.niokeof In his Not long hedid so. then the fell down. The 

iiiiiuth. great one great one 



»"-^*J TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 1 1 <! 

ildwii ilcad. Then Ts"ak- caiiic out at his anus. He ran ahout at the 
place where hiy the great Grizzly Bear whom he had killed. 

Then he returned. He strung up his .salmon, and went to the little 
house of his grandmother. Ts'ak- said, " Grandmother. I killed a great 
Grizzly Bear. It is in the woods. Give me your little tish knife." His 
grandmother said, "You are a liar, slave! You are fooling me." Ts'ak" 
replied. '" Grandmother, it is true." Then his grandmother gave him 
her little knife, and accompanied him toward the place where the great 
Grizzly Bear lay. He cut it, and she carried the meat all day long. 
Now the}' had brought it dovpn and placed it on the drying sticks. 
Then Ts'ak" went into the woods to cut- fuel. He cai-ried a little 
stone ax. Then he cut firewood. He and his grandmother were 
very glad. 



no'ot. 



MLk'"e k'si-yo'xk" 

Then out wont 



dead. 

k'uL-ba'xs Ts'ak' l: 

about ran Ts'ak* w ht 



Ts'ak- 

Ts'ak- 



aL ts'Km-(iTi'ltg'e. K*'e 

at in antis. Then 



wI-lig'"e'Ensk" dza'k"detg'e 

killivl. 



NLk-'d 



:.-va'ltk" 



lay the grizzly b 

great 

Q'ii'qLKL han. 

He strung the 



K-'f 

Then 



salmon. 

tsjon ht 



Lgo-hwi'lps nets'e'Etst. NLk''e 

the house of his grand- Then tliis said 

little mother. 

Yuk ncE dzak"t wi-lig''e'Ensk". La .sg'it 



Lgo-hacj'o'Lnist. 

little your fish knife.' 

huX sido'ganj 

again you fool ma; 



grizzly bea 
great 

XLk-'e a'l 



g-ixs 

said 



nets'e'Etst 

his grand- 



iii't ai. 

he to 

went 

Ps'a'k'g'e: '' 

Ts'ak': 

ill, gMi(">iix'. 

iu inthe«ood> 

Be'irun 



awa a I. .. 

the prox- 
imity of 

Dze'Etsl -i 

"Grand- 
mother! 

Ndil'E 5 
, xa'E, 6 



sEiu-hoT 

it is true!" 



NLk-'et 

Then 



NLk-'e ia'et stel-nts'e'Etst aL awa'aL hwil sg-Ji 

Then she aecom- his grand- to the pros- where 



NLk''e a'lg'?xs Ts'ak': " Dze'Ets, 

Then spoke Ts'ak-: "Grand- 

mother. 

ns ndze'Ets Ts'ak'L Lgo-ha-(i'a'L. 

the Krand Ts'ak- a fish knife. 

little 

wi-lig''e'Ensk". 

the grizzly bear, 
great 

wi-sa'. NLk''f- 

all dav. Then 



smax't 



she aecom- his grand- 
went panying mother i.i.nj ^ 

NLk-'et bfiLt. k''et nri-hwi'lo;aL n" 

Then she tlu-u out of she carried tlu 

spread it. woods 

ua-qa'6dEt. NLk''et l("-le'sk"t ar, 

out of they Then on they on 

woods finished. hung it 

o-ile'lix-, lak"L dzapt. Yu'k"dEL Lgo-dawT'.sEm la'op. NLk-et 

" . ' . ... „ — :...4 .. oir sinne Then 



lax-wi't. 

on drying 
stickis. 



NLk-'e iii'et aL 

Then he went to 



firewood he made 

daa'qLk"t. dziipL la'k"g't''> 

he got it, he made firewood. 

Lgo-nets'e'Etst. 



small 

NLk''e sEmcfal lo-a'mL qa'odEt tiani 

Then very in good his heart and 



JOO BlKKAr <>K AMKKKAX KTHXOLOGT (BrLL.27 

Now thoie was u town on the opposite side of the ii\ er. In tlie 
moiiiii)}.' 'IViik- rose aiul took .some eoals. lie rhewed some tallow and 
enteied'tiie house of th<' ehief. It was f iillof people who were gainhling. 
Ts'ak-spit into the tireplaee. Then his saliva l)lazed up. One man 
Slid to Ts'ak •. •• What are you ehewing there '. " Ts'ak" replied, '" The 
penis of a little dotr." The man then said. •• Spit into the fire again."' 
'IV:ik- s|)it into tiie lireplaee. and the fire blazed up. The people 
took hold of Ts"ak-: thev took a rope. There stood a tree to which 
thev tied him. Now he was somewhat troubled. Then many people 
rushed to the house of his old grandmother and ate all the meat 
that was in it. Nothing was left. They ate all. They were the 
Wolves. Now they returned and untied Ts'ak-. They sent him out 



N'Lk-'e hetk"L qal-ts"a'p 


ai. 


an-da'sda. NLk-'e 


he'Luk, 


Tliili itlure) 11 town 

SlOiHl 


lit 


the opposite Then 
side. 


inomins, 


ni-k-'e g-in-hr''tk"s Ts'ak'. 


K--e 


doqL qam-t'o'ts. 


NLk-'et 


then r..se Ts'ak-. 


Then 


he coals, 
look 


Then 


i|e'Kni. hix'. NLk"'e ts'cnt 


aL h 


wilpL sEm'a'g-it. Lo 


-me'tk"L 


h.- fill. Then he 
rhiwi-il c-mcrid 


in th 


e house the chief. In 
of 


full 


g-at lat. He'-yukL .\sa' 


ndet. 


NLk'"e ts'ets Ts'i 


ik - aL 


|vii|ik- in It Bi'sriiininii; tliiy pluyi-d. 


Then spat Tsi 


k- in 


ts'Km-an-la'k". NLk-"e iiiELme'i. t.s"e 


'dr.t ai. ts'Eui-an-la'k". 


Ni.k-'e 


in till- Then burnt 
lireplii.e. ^ 


h 
.-ill 


s at in tlie 
ivii fireplace. 


Tli.-n 


a'lgi.M. k'VilL g'at as 


Ts'ak-. 


F:tk"ts Xs'ak-: 


"Ago'L 


^IMtke one iwrson to 


Tsiik-. 


He »ns Ts'ak-: 
culled 


"Whut 


qagii'nKn?" '' Ne," de'j'as 


Xs'ak- 


••q'aL Lgo-o's." 


••iiwiVi: 


I'lre v.m "This," sUd 
. hewin,,-' • 


Tsiik-, 


•the a dog." 
jieiiis of liitle 


■Well: 



(Iwoni, ts'etL." N'Lk-'et lO-ts'e'tES Ts'ak- ts'Em-an-la'k". llwii'i! 

iM.on. spit II." Then he in spat it Ts'ak- in Ihc Well! 



NLk-'f 

Then 



hwil 

where 



me i.EL 

burnt 



lak". 



wi-t e s 

(jreat 

at T.s'ak-. K-'et go'udeL mao'lk 

.pie Tsak. Then they took a rope. 



fireplace. 

NLk-'et go'uL wI-he'ldEm 

Then they many 



took 

NLk-'e hetk"L gaa. 

Then (there) "a 



iieL hwilL tq'aldEda'k'Ldets Ts'ak- 

ihere where iiKainst they tied Tsak-. 



NLk 'e k'o'pE-sEm-ha'.\ k"t. 

Then n little much he was 

troubled. 

Ni.k-'t"' ha'p'aai, wihe'ldEin gat. Ts'ElEm-ha'pdeL Lgo-hwi'lpL 

Till Ti I hey many people. Into they the hou.si 



-lull rushed little 

Ts'ak-. NLk-'et sEm-dza'LdeL smax-. Nig- 

Isuk Then very they ate all the meal. .Sot 



nets r Els 

the eralid 
lilMlFii-rol 

q'ain-ma'nt. sEnigal txa-dza'Ldet. K-'ehO' dEp go'stg-e. Ni.k'e 

onlv \\ii« ver\ all lliev ate Wolyes those Then 

led, ail 

l(">-ynya'ltk"t. NLk-'et .-a go udEts T.'>'ak-. NLk-'et k-si-he'tsdet 

lliey returned. Then i.fl iluy IiMik Tsak-. Then out they .sent 



BOAS] TSIMSHIAN TKX'IS 121 

of the lioiisr ;in(l li<' i-.'turiir<l to his uruiidniothiT. When lie entered 
their little house, nil tlic meal \v;is u;,,[u\ 'V\u't\ thev cried. 'r>"alv- 
and his g-randinothei- had no I'ihhL Thev weiT i rviiiii- all tlie time. 

In the eveiiino- Ts'ak-V i^raiKhiioliier was last asici'|i. 'I'hen he took 
his knife and cut out her vulva. He masted il. When it was done, 
he roused her and said. "■ (iraiidiiiother. awaicel Vnur nii'al is done. 
There was a little of the meat left over, and I roasted il." lii> erand- 
mother rose and at(> il all. Tiien 'i's'ak' I'an out and made a soiijr on 
his o-randmother: " ( irandmofhei- ate iier own little vulval (irand- 
mother ate her own little vuUa!" Then iiis uramhnother shouted to 
Ts'ak', ■■ Don't entt>r my house aeain. slave!" 

Now TVak' walked about outside. His "randniolhei- did not let 



aL g'alq. Ni.k""e lo va'ltk"ts 'IVak' ai, awa'as nets"e'Ktst. I 

to outsidu. Tliiii irturiuM Tsnk u> llic pr.ix lii> priiiKl- 

iinilyr.f inntli.T. 

Ni.k''e ts'ent aL Lgo-hwi'lpdet. Ni.i;"i haik"i. smax'. K'"e i' 

Tlu-ii hu at littlu tlu-ir linii-r. X..t wm- l.ft uu-al. I hen 

iMitercd 

.sio'!i'tk"s dEp Ts'ak' c|ans nets'e'i:tst. a(ii,-L;''e'ipdKt. NLk"'e ?> 

iiii.-.l (pliii') Ts'iik uiid liisKrnml- Willi- f.x.d llic.v. Thi-n 

mother. out 

qa'ne-lnvila siii"a'tk"det. 4 

always "lliry .-rird. 

NLk''e vu'ksa. SKin-tj'a'tsKxt nets'e'ets Ts'ak' ai, woi|t. '> 

Tlit-n "iviMiiny. Vvrv miilii.nl. sv th,' Kruii.l- T> ak- in lii-r 

nnillurol slwp. 

Ni.k'"et yo'us Ts'ak- ha-ifo'i.. Ni,k'"et k'si-cfo't*!. mens •! 

Tlu-ii ' t....k 'IViik- a tish knil.-. Tli.-n ..nt lie cnt tli.' 

vulva ..( 

nets'e'Etst. XLk'et ia'odEt. Ni,k''e La a'nukst. NLk-'et 7 

hissrnnd- Th.'ii h.- r.iastcl Then .perl'.i it was done. Then 

mother. it- 

g-u'k.saans Ts'ak" nets'e'Ktst. NLk-'e hes Ts'ak": •■Dze'Ets S 

awakelle.1 Ts'ak' his Kran.lmother. Tll.'li said Ts'ak: "Gnnul- 

iiioiner. 

g-Q'k.soun! yukL La anu'ksL ia'eK. Mana'ai. i.sro-.snia'.N'. NiLne'L '•• 

awake! it begins (perl'.i isd..iie what I II is left a little meat. That 

ia'deE." XLk-'e o--in-h("''tk"s nets'e'Ets. N'Lk-'et j>-i:''tpt. iiLk'T't in 

I roast.' Then i'..s,- the .strand Then she ate il. then sli- 

dzaLt. NLk-'iT' k-si-ba'xs Ts'tik". NLk-'et sE-l("''nix-s nets'e'Etst: 11 

at,- it all Then out lau Ts'ak. Then he a hisfnm.l- 

atLitaii. inui made soiiKon mother: 

''Y'i'E lEp-e--i"''l)Ktlas dzt^'icdze Loo-lEi)-t(i'al-ni("'nt. Yii'E. lEp- l-_' 

■Ya'E,' lu-iseirsheateil "■V/J/f;'';'- little ^luT apiinst vnlva. ''■'''•^' . l^Jf/j 

g-e'l)Edas dze'edze Lo-o-lEp-t(]'al-nu~'nt." Ni.k-'e wi-ainhr.'t nets'.-'Kts i:'. 

she ate it my grand, little her against vulva" Then sh..ut.-.| J];;;,!,',;!';';,',- 

Ts'ak-: "(l-ila' dzi"' iiuX ts'e'nEu, xa'E!" l-l 

Nik'e titint'-liwiki k'uL-iii'Es T.s'ak- aL gTi'lEci. NtVi 15 

„,■,..„ „iwavs almnt went Ts'ak' at .ml-side. .N..t 



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him ill atrain. She felt ill at ease becau.se her vulva had been cut off. 
It f^rew dark. Then T.s'ak- took a .stick and went down to the beach. 
It wa.s low water. He walked about on the sand and looked for 
cockles, which he wanted to eat. He wa.* cryin": becau.-^e he had 
nothin>r to eat. 

BehoKl. ho saw a man cominy up to him who asked. "Why are 
voucrvin^f" Ts'ak' replied. "The Wolves have eaten all the meat 
that we had for our food." The man said, "Oh, indeed! Why don't 
vou take revenge J" Then the man put his hand under his blanket 
and pulled out a hollow bone. He said, "Now go across the river; 
there you will tind a knothole. The daughter of the chief is in the 



1 ts'KlEm-ana'Els nets'e'Etst. Q'am-ab'aba'gas nets'e'Ets Ts'ak' hwil 

lull) alli)Wf<l liisgrBiid- Only troubled the grand- Ts'ak- being- 

him mother. wa^ motner of 

a k"si-ne'iL mC'nt. NLk""e La a'd'ik'sk"L dEra hwil yu'ksa, 

out being hci vulva. Then (perf.) came (fut.) being evening, 

3 nLk''et go'us Ts'ak'L gan. NLk"'e iaga-ia'et aL gii'u La 

then he look Ts'ak- a Then down he to the front (pcrf.) 

stick. went of the house 

4 sEm-sg'i'L ak's. NLk"'e k'uL-haL-ia'et aL lax-a'us; t 

reall.v hcs water. Then about along he at on the he 

lluiv'water) went sand: 

5 k"uL-g'ig'e'ElL qaba'q dEm g'e'ibEt; aL k"uL-wi}'e'tk"t hwil 



about looked for 



(fut.] 



and about 



aqL-g'e'ibEt, neL qan het. 

with- food, therefore he said 

out so. 

7 Ilwa'il Gwina'deL, g'at a'd'ik'sk"! aL qaqt. NLk'x' 

Well: Behold, a man came to his Then 

front. 

ii g'a'tg"e: "Ago'L ([an hahe'iust T' NLk'"e de'lEuiExk^s 



the man: 



9 



• What 

k-' 



arc you tjilk- 
ing? ' 



a'lg'ixL 

said 

Ts'ak': 

Ts'ak-: 



1(» g'a'tg'e 



Vuk-dza'L 

JiLat ate the 

all wolves 

"A, net! 

■■.\h, indci-d 



bo' sraax" 



La dEm 

(pert.) (fut.) 



ge'ibEm. 

our food." 



NLk-"e 

Then 



heL 

said 



Hwa'i I 

Well : 



tSE 



de'ltk''nen 

reciprocate 



ana'!' 

do!" 



NLk''e 

Then 



11 lo-im'k-sL 
IN he 

KtreliliiMl 

1- (lulk'si-no'oL 

lliroUKh u hole 
IX 



g'a'tg-e 

Ilii' nmti at 

Le ts'ii'wut. 



la nen. mE 



tsE k- 

then 



t.s"Em-lax-a't. 

in on blan 
ket. 

"Tgon 

• This 

hwil 



NLk''et sag'iL ts'ep 

Then he pulled a bone 
out 

tsE hwT'lKii: TsE tsaga- 

'1" -\eross 



iiano or, 

holes 



un-t"Kin-ane'.st. 

knothole. 



D'aL 

It is 



1-i Lgo'ULk"L 

thi-cliil.|..i II 

15 ts'ElEm-he't'Ent 

into place it 



^EIll a g'lt 

the chief 



q'ala'nL hwi'lbE.st. Me tsE k'V 

the rear of the house. You then 



an-t*Em-ant"''st. 

the knothole. 



TsE 



sEm-na-he't'EiiEn 

Very down place it 



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12.S 



rear of the house. Put this tulie throu^-h the knothole. Aim riw-ht ;it 
the heart of the chiefs chikl. Then blow through it." Ts'ak- did so. 
The bone struck the heart of the chiefs child. Then the chief cried, 
thinking that his child would die (juickly. Thej- sent for many shamans 
(they are the ones who cure disease), hut they did not succeed. Then 
Ts'ak- said to his grandmother. --Go on, (Irandmother. and tell them 
that I will cure her." But Ts'ak- was not a shaman. Hisgrandmother 
left. She entered the chiefs house and .said to him. "That slave talks 
nonsense again. He says he will cure the child of the chief.'' Then the 
foolish people rushed up to her and threw her out of the house, because 
Ts'ak - was not a shaman. That was the reason why they did so. Ts'ak -'s 
grandmother went to the little house, and as soon as she saw Ts'ak" 



qa'6clei> Lgo'uLk"L sEm'a'g-it. M?; tsE k-'e' qalk-si-suwa'nt." 

the hearl the child of the chief Ymi then through blow." 



Nt-k-'e 



hwils 

did so 



Ts'ak-. NLk-'e 



hetk"L ts'ep 

stood the bone 



Lgo'uLk"L sEm'ii'g-it. NLk-'e La hetk"L ts'e'pg-e. 

the chiM of the chief. Tlien (perf.) stood the bone. 



a\-awa'tlv"t. Wi-t'e's 

she cried. <_;reat 



la'odKL 


2 


the heart 




K-'e 


3 


Then 




I'tsigat. 


4 



hwil ayawri'tk"t. T'elL dEni (['a'tsig-at. 

being her cr.\ iii.i;. Quickly (ful. I she dies. 

t'an suwa'nt. 



NLk-'e qaqa'odet wi-he'ldEm halai't. NeLi 

Theu they went many shamans. Those who cure, 

for 

K-'e ni'g-i daa'qLk"det. NLk-'e a'lg-ixs T.s'ak- aL nets'e'Etst: 

Then not they succeeded. Then siiid Ts'ak- to his Kniiid- 



suwa'nt." ALk-'e' ni'g-idi 

cure her." But not 



"Ado'I dze'EtsI maL tsen dEm 

■■(io! grand- tell I (fut.l 

halai'ts Ts'ak-. NLk-'e d-a'uLs nets'e'Et.st. NLk-'e ts'ent aL 

a.'ihaman T.s'ak-. Then went his grand- Then she al 

motlier. entered 

bwilpL sEui'a'g-it. "Yukt huX dagala'ai^ait xa'E dnni 

the house the chief. --Beginning again talks nonsense the ifnl.) 



of 

suwa'nt-gaL 

he cures he says 



Lgo'ULk''L 

the child of 



sEuia g-it. 

the chief." 



qaga'dEm g-at. 

hearts the 

g-alq. aL 

outside, 

hwiia'k"detg-e. 

it was done. 



NLk-'et 

Then 



-det 



NLk'e ha'p'aL 

Then nished 

nets'e' Ets Ts'a k - 



hwil 



halai'ts 

a shaman 



T.-'ak-. iiii.ne't 

T.s'ak-, ihcref.. 



i|ant 



NLk-'e hagun-iii's nets'e'Ets Ts'ak- 



awa'aL Lgo-hwi'lpdetg-e. Hwil k-'et g-a'as Ts'ak- nets'e'Etst. 

the.pro.x- little their house. -^t otu-c saw Ts'ak' ''^,':'^;J,';'' 



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slic siiiil. ■•Thev turned me out of the house!" But 'lV:ik- repeated, 
"(Jo on, (JniiKhuother. I really want to eure her." Then she went 
aj.'Jiin and entered. She said attain. "He wants to eure the chief's 
(huitrhter."' .Vnd two wise men said, " Let him do as he says"; and 
they ajrreed that he should eure her. Ts"ak-'s grandmother went out 
and returned. She told him that they had a<rreed. Then Tsak' rose 
and railed the wren, the x-sklek', the .x-sgfa'nt, and all the little 
hirds. Then Ts"ak- dressed himself. He carried one little bird named 
Hattlflxtx. They went in, and Tsak" .sat down at the feet of the 
chiefs dauj^hter, who wa.s very sick, and all the birds sat down. They 



1 


ni.k'V 


tgon h 


?s nets'e'Ets Ts'a'k'g-e: 


"• Yukt-k'si-6'x -dot neE 




iliu-n 


ihlH siiid Iheprund- Ts'ak*: 
mother of 


"Just 


out was I 
thrown 


>> 


ai. 


g-i\U\." 


NLk'"e ha'ts'Ek'sEm 


huX 


a'lg'ixs Ts'ak': 




to 


uuL-i(!e." 


Tlu'ii once more 


aKuin 


said T>'ak-: 


3 


"Ado 


', dze'Ets! 


DEm q'ap-suwa'neist." 


XLk-'e 


ha'k'sEm liiiX 




"<JO. 


iiKitht-r: 


(Fill.) really I i-iiri' her." 


Then 


onee more nyuin 


4 


ieet 


nets'e'Ets 


Ts'ak'. NLk'*e huX 


ts"ent. 


XLk-'e ha'k'sEm 




Wl-llt 


tlu- f^nind- 
niDlhiT (if 


Ts'ak-. Then iifiiiii 


she 
entered. 


Then HKiiin 


5 


huX 


a'lg'ixt: 


" Q'ap-hil'q'alL xa'E aL 


dKint suwa'uL 




iiKuin 


slii; «|>oke; 


"Uenlly urges the 


to 


(lul.i he eure.s 



Lifo'uLk"!. sEm'a'g"it." XLk"'e a'lf^'ixL bagade'lL hwil qaxa'osgut: 

theehilduf the chief." Then sjiid two wi.^emen: 



Am, 

C.ivhI. 



S suwa'ansks 

he eure 



hvvil 



t auL 

what 



het" 

he says." 



XLk"'et anii'qdeL dEm 



Ts'ak •. 

Ts'nk-. 



XLk''e k'saXs 

Then went out 



lo-ya'ltk"t. Ana'qdetg'e. NlIc'c haldEm-ba'xs 

"he returned. They hud Then n>se 

agreed. 

wo'oi- ts'Epts'a'p qauL x-.sk"T'ek' qanL 

the wren and (a binl) and 



nets'e'Ets Ts'ak' 

Tsak-: 
Ts'ak'. 



XLk''c 

Then 

Xi.k''et 

Then 



lnvile.1 

txan("'tk"i. 



hwtl sEso'sL k'opE-t*i'o'ots, 

iH'ltiK small little hirds. 



x-.sg'ant ciani., 

eat- pim and 
ing (a hird) 

XLk''c notks Ts'ak". 

Then dressed Ts'ak". 



Nl.k'et 



.\l.k''e 

Then 

asE.si'et 

her feet 
Nl.k'r 



hwa'lix't k''a'guL Lgo-ts'o'ots anda-ha.sa'xs, Ts'ak'. 

he earried one little bird mtllelio.v, Ts'ak-. 



l.o'odet. 

Ihey went. 

hwII f. 

wher.- 

hiiwa'nL 



NLk''e la'mdzTxdet. NLk-'e d'as Ts'ak' ai. 

Then iliey entered. Then sat Ts'ak- at 

down 

\Vl-t'e'sL srepk"t. 



ii'eL Lgo'uLk"L .sEui'a'g'it 

lay theehildof the chief. 



Mil 



she was 
sick. 



txane'tk"!. 



k'opE-t.s'o'6ts. 

the birds. 



Do'qdeL gan, 

They t«ik slicks, 



=0^**] TSIMSllIAN TK.XTS 125 

carried small sticks. Now tiic rliicf s u-n-iit slave ms,. i,, the .■onier 
of the house. He was a giant, and his head reached up to the comer 
of the house. He had a hig- l.clly. 'I'hen one hoy went toward the 
rear of the house, and stood near hy in front of him. The hoy took 
a stick and struck the slave's helly while Ts'ak- was iierforining his 
incantations. Therefore the ])eoi)le used to <'all tlu> slave Druni-l.cliy. 
Now Ts'ak- pulled out the sickness and saved her. He took all her 
father s elk-skins in payment. She gave herself to him in marriage, 
and he took all her grease boxes. Then Ts'ak" hecame a great chief, 
because he had saved the chief's child, lie married her, and the chief 
gave with her his giant slave who>e name was Drum-belly. Ts'ak' 
reallv married the daughter of the chief. 



SEso'sKin gan. Ni,k'"e lo-mKn-he'tk"l wi-xa'atk"si. sKm'a'g'it 1 

mtlf s'tii-ks. Tlu-n in up slo.1,1 iho sliivi^ of llif rliii-f 

aL amo'st. Wi-g'a'i, liwagait-lo-t(|'al-gd'usk"i, t'Em-i|e'st ai, li 

in the corner. He was ji up tu in at^ain^I it his lu-iul to 

grral mall ruaclicd 

amo'st. Wl-la'ir. ban. Xi.k''e' wits'ion-iji'i. k''ali, ;; 

tlif corniT. lireatlv lart',- his Tlii-ii back frrmi Wfiil oni' 

was helly. Ihe lire 

Lgo-tk""e'Lk". NLk"'e hagun-he'tk"t ai, (|a-sa'KXt. Yu'kdKi, 4 

litlle bov. Then tnwanl he sto.«l at his fn.nt. Me held 

Lgo-tk''e'Lk"L gan. at dicm ia'tsi, baiu, wT-xa'E i.a yuki. .") 

the bov a' stick. he (fiit.i strike llie the slave when he 

little ' belly of great hemin 

sawa'ansk"t. NLk-'et iii'tsL Lgo-tk-'e'Lk" bam. wi-xa'E. ("> 

heeurert. Then Htniek the boy the the slave 

little belly. if LTdlt 

Nel su-hwa'dEL waLEn-g'ig'a't as .ViiO'LEm lian. Ni-k-'et 7 

That made name of oklen the "f liruin- helly. Then 

times people 

sa'g-is T.s'ak- ha-si'epk". NiA-'e ina'tk"tg-e. Nei, hwilt, s 

„„t Ts-ak- thesh-kiiess. Then she was save,!. That he .li.l, 

ljulle<l 

wl-heid hwil hwi'Is T.s'ak". NLk-'e i.at (jiVot'Ens Tsak" '.t 

mueh he did so Ts'ak'. Then (pert.) he finished il Ts'ak' 

Le Lia'ns uEgwa'odEt. Hana'ijstg'e tiani, txane'tk"!. hahe'n(|. 10 

the elk.sof her father. She gave her- and all [.Tease 

self as wile iKi.xes. 

NLk-'e La wi-fe'.sL hwtl sEm'a'g'its T.s'ak". N'Lk-'e La 11 

Then (perf.l ttasi;T'eat beiiiK ihicf Ts'ak'. Then (iierf.) 

dE-ma'tk"s Ts'ak- Lgn'ui.k'-L sEin'a'g-it. NLk-'et nak-sk"t. ]-_' 

he saved Ts'ak the child of the chief. Then he marned 

Na'k-i5o-us T.s'ak- Lgo'uLk"L sEin'a'g-it. NLk-'e ttfal- i:'. 

HemarrTed Ts'ak' the daiiKhter the chief. Then .nrainsl 

ho'ksaanL sEui'a'g-iL wI-xa'E. Aho'leiu IwnL hwa'tg-e. 14 

,0 he with the chief the slave nnnn- belly his name, 

her lie caused t!r"H _ ,,, . 

NLk-'e sEiu-ho'm na'k-sk"s Ts'ak- LgoULk"L sEmag-it. I-. 

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He stayed there a long time, and then he got tired of the woman. 
He heard that there was a woman on the other side of the moun- 
tain. He siiid he would go. Ts'ak* left his wife. Only his slave, the 
wren, and another bird accompanied him. They went a long time and 
arrived at the foot of the mountain. The trail led to it. l)ut there 
was MO way of going on. Then Ts'ak' caught a robin. He skinned 
it and put on its skin. He flew upward and nearly reached the top 
of the mountain. Then he came to a great fire, which was just like 
lightning. It burnt the rol)in"s wings, and he fell back to the foot of 
the mountain. Then Ts'ak' took off his skin. He caught a blueja\-, 
skinned it. and put on its skin. Again he flew upward and almost 
readied the to]) of the mountain. Again he came to the place where 



1 Hwi'i'il iji nak'i. liwtl hwi'Idet, nLk*'e La q'atsk"L qa'ots 



Tsak' aL hana'qg'e. 

Ts'iik- of the women, 

dYiL k-'ttlL 



they did so, then 

NLk-'e 



Hwa'i! 

Well: 



uaxna ; 

heard 



hana'i( aL hwagait-an-da'oL sqane'st. 



dEm 

Cut.) 



ie'et. 



NLk"*e 

Then 



ie'et; k"sta'qsdEs 



Ts'ak- 

Ts'ak- 



.vas tired the 

heart of 

Ts'ak* hwil 

Ts'ak- where 

NLk''e het 

Then he 

said 

na'kvstg'e. 

his wife. 



K-sa.\-Lgo-t.s"EptsVp stelt qauL Lgo-x-sk"i'ek' 

Only little wren accompa- and little (a bird). 



NLk"'e Lo'odet. 

Then they went. 



Nak"L hwil Lo'odet. NLk''e tq'al-la'k"det aL depL wi-sqane'st. 

Long where they went. Then against they at the a mountain. 

arrived foot of great 

SEm-g6'usk''L qe'nEx as go'stg"e. NLk""e aqL-y6'xk"s Ts"ak\ 

Really reached the trail to that. Then with- (place) to Ts'ak-. 

out go 

NLk-"ct go'uL sa'oq. NLk-'et tsa'odEt. NLk"'e l6-L6'6tk"t. 



NLk-'c mEn-g-iba'yukt. La delpk"L dEm mEn-a'qLk"t, nLk-'e 

Then up he flew. When shortly (fut.) up he then 

reached. 

a'd'ik-sk"t hwJl me'LEL wl-sqane'st ho'g'igaL ts'amtx". NLk-'e 

III- rame where burnt the mountain like lightning. Then 
great 

NLk- 



iiieLine lel 

burnt 



qaq a x"L 

the wings of 



aL depL .sqane'st. 

to the fool the moun- 
of tain. 

go'uL gusgwa's. 

l<Kit II l.liu-jav. 



12 
13 

14 l6-L4Votk"t. 

In he put 
hlm.wlf. 

15 wi-sqane'st. 

the nmunlaln. 
great 



sa oq. 

the 
robin. 

NLk-*et 

Then he 



ha'ts'ik'SEm t'ngua'ntkt 



once more 

Ts'ak-. 



sa-magas 

off took it Ts'ak 



NLk-'et 

Then lit- 



he fell 

huX 

uKHin 



NLk-'et 

Then he 



tsa'odEt. 

skinned 



K-'et 

Then 



NLk-'e 

Then 

NLk-'e 

Then 



huX 

again 

ha'k-sEm huX 

nnee more again up hv tlew at 

ha'k-sEHi huX k-il^il-me'LEL .sqane'.stg'e 

once more again all over burnt the mountain. 



mKn-ir'iba'vukt 



huX 

UL 



=0-^^] TSIMSHIAX TKXTS 127 

it wa.>< burning- ull over. Tlu-n tlio hiuojay IVII down, lie clroi)]M-<i 
down again to the foot of the mountain. T.s'ak- was very nuich 
troubled because there was no waj' to go on. lie and his great shive. 
Drum-belly, lay down on the grass, and slept. It was almost day- 
light, and T.s'ak- was still asleep. Then he heard a voiee: " Mv grand- 
mother invites you in." Ho did not know who was speaking, and lay 
down again. He bit a hole in his blanket and looked through it. 
Behold, there was a little Mouse that eame out of a bunch of grass 
and said, "My grandmother invites you in." Now he saw the little 
Mou.se disappearing under the bunch of grass. He rose, went to the 
grass, and pulled it out. Behold, there was a hou.se under it. A 
woman was sitting there. "Enter, mv dear, if it is vou who want.s 



K"'e huX iaga-t"Egua'ntk"L gusgwa'os. K'"e ha'k'sKin huX 1 

Then ngain down fell the bluejay. Then i.iuc mon- at-ain 

ok'st RL mf'UL .sqaue'stg'e. NLk'"e aba'g"ask"s Ts'a'k'g'e 2 

he to the the mountain. Then was trouliU-*! Ts'ak- 

dropped foot of 

aqL-y6'xk"t. Ntk^'e la'Ldet aL la.\-hri'p"i;sk". K"uL-ste'li, 8 

with- (way) to Then they lay at on .irras,«. About accom- 

out go. down panitNl him 

wT-xa'Eg"e, Ano'LEiu bauL hwa'tg'e. Ni.k'"e wa'w6qdetg"e. 4 

the slave. Drtjm- belly hi? name. Then they slept. 

great 

Hwil'i! i,a delpk"L dEm mE.sa'x", tfai-huwo'tis T.s'ak": nLk""e ,5 

Well: when shortly (fut.) daylight. still slept Ts'ak-; then 

heL naxna'yit: "Yukt-wo'on dze'EtscE." NLk""e ni'g'it t; 

say- be heard: --She invites you my grand- Then not 

ing " mother." 

hwila'x's Ts'ak" he'tg"e. NLk"'e ha'k"sEm huX g"a'eLt. 7 

he knew Ts'ak- said. Then onoemore again he lay 

flown. 

NLk""e na-ha'ts'iL gula'tg'e. XLk"'t" qalk"si-g"a'ask"'t la'st. ,s 

Then en- be bit his blanket. Then through he looked at il. 

tirely 

Gwina'deL. Lgo-qa'k"L k"si-wi'tk"t ai. t.s'Em-aii-ha'p"Ksk". Ni.k"'e ;• 

Behold a mouse out eame from from in buneh of grass. Then 

little 

ha'ts'ik"SEm huX het as Ts'ak": "Yukt-wo'on dze'Et.seE." lii 

once more again it t<i Ts'ak-: "She invites you my grand- 

said mother. - 

NLk"et q'ai-g"ilri'ls Ts'ak" i.go-(ia'k"i. t.s'ElEm-da'ui.t ai. 11 

Then still observed Ts'ak- the mouse into it went t.. 

little 

ts'Em-an-ha'p'Esk". NLk"'e hetk"s Ts'ak". NLk"'e hagun-i("''et. \-J 

in bunch of grass. Then he Ts'ak-. Then toward he 

stood ^^■etlt. 

K"'et hasba-be'sL hfi'p'Esk". (iwina'dei.. hwilp hiki.-hr-'tgut \:i 

Then upside he the grass. BehoM. a house under -l.««l 

down tore 

at LaXi, hiVp'Esk". Ni,k"'e a'lg"ixL hana'ti l6-d'a'tg"e 14 

at theunder- the grass. Then -aid n in silling 

side of woman 

hit: •'Ts'e'nEii nat, tsEd:i ne'En dEm fan cia'oi. lo 

in it: "Enter my if .v"u iiit.i wh.. i;.^_s 

dear, 



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[BCLL. 27 



to got a \vift>." T-'ak- inti'iod iiiiil sat down. The woman said to 
Ts'ak-. "Throw your earrings into the fire." He did so. He threw 
bis earrings into the tire. Then the woman pulled them out of the 
tire h\ magic. She was the Mouse. Then she kept Ts'ak" and his 
great slave in the house, but she .seiit back the wren and the other 
bird. Ts'ak- linished eating. He was quite satiated. Then the woman 
stopped giving food to them. She said. '• I myself am the trail lead- 
ing through the mountain. I am not a shaman, but my sister on the 
other side is a great shan)an. She will give you advice." Then .she 
opened one corner of her house. Ts'ak" and his great slave went 
through it. und.-r the mountain. The trail led that way. They passed 
through it: then they found another house and another woman. She 
was also a Mouse. Then he and the gre^it slave entered, and the 



dEm 

I till.) 

iii,k""e 

'ht'll 

.\i.k"e 

Thtn 



nakst." 

Ina wife." 

a'lgixi. 
hwils 

did go 



Ni.k-T> 

Th.n 

haiia'i| 

tin- 

T.s-ak-. 
Ts'ak-. 



Ts'ak-. 



NLk-'i 

Then 



d'at. 



as 'IVak-: 

1.. IV'iik : 

T.Vc'ldKL 
He put into 



■'Txe'ldEL qants'emO'Eii.'' 



vour carnntr*. 



qants"emu'Xtg"e. 

his earrings. 



4 na'mtsElL hana'qg'e. 



Die- 



K'sEm-qa'k'L hwaL hana'qge. 

Fi'imilc mouse the the woman. 



NLk-"et 

Then 

NLk''e 

Then 



Ti vukF, 



w6'6tk"t 

he wiu* invit" . 



T 



lanL 



Lji k"'e 

(I'erf.) then 



wi-xa E. 

the slave, 
great 

gulik's-ha.shc't.set x-sk'i'ek" i(anL ts'Epts'a'p. Hwa'il La Laxk"s 



* a bird) 



and 



Tf.'ak'. sKm-t.s*a'x't.s 

TKiik realiv siitiatcfl 



Ts-ak- 



the 



NLk''e 



yo og ans 

made eat 



(|cnEx. 

the trail 



ne'tsr'e. 



NLk--i 

Then 



wi-halai'dEt. 

a shaman. 



NLk'e 

Then 

NELne' dEm 



gide 

not 



a'lgnxL 

spoke 

halai'dcE. 



Van 



yo LEmgaii. 

advises vou." 



Well: 

ha'wui. 

stopi'ted 

hana'qg'e: 

the woman ■ 

Lgu'gweE 

My sister 

NLk- 



When finished 
eating 

hana'q t'an 

the who 

woman 

"LEp-ne'EL 

•Self I 

la' 



hana'(| 

Ihe 
woman 

wi-xa'K. 



amo'sL liwilpt. Xiiiie'L cialk"si-y6'xk"s 

the ilie liouse. There through followeil 



LaXL 

the iinder- 



sqane sl 

the 
mountain 



vo'xkMetg't*. 

they foUowLfl. 



et 
Ts'ak- 

1 T>iik- 

NeLiie'L 

There 



an-( 

Ihe 
other side 

ma'dEL 

opened 

(|anL 

ami 

hwil 

where 



q"ap-qalk*si-.sg-i'L (je'nEx. NLk'\> ui qalksi-a'qLk"det. nLk"'et 

really ihrouxh lay Ihe trail. Then when ihrough Ihey got, then 



huX 

atntin 



hwai. hwilpL k'"alL hana'qge. 

Ihey the house one woman. 



HuXt k"SEm-qa'k"L 

.\lso female mouse 



^"■'''i TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 129 

wonian said, "Throw your carrinus into tiio fire." 'IVak- did so. He 
threw his earrings into the fire, and she pulled them out Uy nm-ri,. 
Then the woman said to Ts'ak-. '-All the princes from every wlaMv'try 
to marry the daughter of the chief. The stone door of his house ha's 
killed a great many. It shuts rapidly. He uses it to kill the princes. 
You must count how often it opens. It will open four times. Tiien 
put this across the doorway. W-.ut a little while hefore you enter." 
Then the woman gave him a little carving of ice, not very long. 
Ts'ak- wore a marten robe and a dancing robe. He came near the 
house. Then he asked the great slave to sit down. He alone 
approached it. Now he came near the door. Then he did as the 

hwai. hana'qg-e. NLk-"e huX ts'ent lat qani, wi-.\a'K. 1 

the the woman. Then iiEaiii he in it nnd the slave 

name of entere.i great 

NLk-'e huX a'lg-ixL hana'qg-e: •'Nat. txe'ldEL (lants'emo'Kn!" 2 



sr.oke 



nrow into vour etirringN! 

tlie fire 



NLk-"e hwils TsVk-g-e. Txe'ldEL (lants'emu'Xt. Ni.k-'e 3 

Then he did Ts'ak'. He threw in his earrings. Tlien 

so to the fire 

ha'k-SEm huX na'mtsElL hana'qg-e. NLk-'e a'lg-ixr. hana'(ig-e 4 

once more again took them ont the woman. Then spoke lite woman 

of fire by magie 

as Ts'ak-: "La txane'tk"L k"opE-wi'lk-siLk"L hwil dzixdzo'ci 5 

to T.s'ak': "iPerf.! all little princes of camps 

dEm t'an nak-si- Lgo'uLk"L sEmVi'g'it. La wl-he'h. ia'tst. (J 

(fut.) who marrv the daughter the chief. iPerf.) manv he 

of ■ killed. 

Lo'op a'dz'EpL SEm'a'g-idEst. Haha'gwax, niLne't ha'yit aL 7 

stone the door of the chief. It claps that he n.ses against 

together. 

txane'tk"L k'opE-wi'lk-siLk". K-"e huX daXL an-hwu'nt. 8 

all little princes. Then again dead who ilo so. 

Hwa'il dEm le'tsxan qape'ir, dEm (j'atjt: txalpx dEin (I'atjt, i) 

Well! (fut.) connt how ifnt. i it four ifut.) it 

often opens: times o[H-ns, 

niE dEm k-"e' lo-sqa-he't'Ens gon sel" N'Lk-'et g-infi'niL 10 

yon (fut. I then in side- place this !" Then she gave 

hana'tj Lgo-ala'g-im dfi'wut, Lgo-ts'o'sg-im wi-na'k". '"TsEda ia U 

the a carving ice, a small very long "If liaTf.) 

woman little of little 

ts'ElEm-a'qLgun uiE dzE ksi-go'ut," deya'. (iwis-haL giila'is Ts'ak- 12 

into von get vou take it thus Blan- mar- the blan- Ts'ak- 

ont," she said. ket ten ket of 

qauL gwls-halai't. NLk-'e La liagun-de'Ipk"s Ts'ak', uLk-'e i;{ 

and blan- dancing. Theti ['crfi l^pward near Ts'ak. then 

ket 

d'fi'dEL wi-xa'E. NLk-'e k-.sax-nc't Ts"ak-L hagun-ie'et. K-'e 14 

hesat the slave. Then only he T-ak toward he Then 

down great «en[. 

hagun-a'qLk"t aL awa'ai. jjto'E. N'Lk'et iiwil t'an t h-ii. hana'tp. 15 

toward he at the pro.v- the Then he did what s,ii.l the woman 

reached imity of door. 

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130 



HIRKAI" oK AMKRICAN ElHNOI.OliY 



woman liad iiistnu-tod him. He .oiintcd four, then he placed the earv- 
ing of crystal aeros.s the door so that it was unable to close ag-aiii. 
Ts'ak- entered. He wa.s not killed by the door. He came in and 
stopiJed up to the place where the chiefs daughter was lying. Then 
Tsak- lav down. The chiefs daughter was very glad when siic saw 
the beautiful man. They were playing all night. Then the chief 
heard it. ^'ery early in the morning he said to his sisters sons. " Light 
the tire." His nephews did so. They started a great fire. Then the 
chief told them to take the skin of the great bear, and he ordered them 
to spread it out in the rear of his hou.se. Then the chief said. "Let mv 
.son-in-law come to the middle of the hou.se." Ts"ak- rose and stepped 
down to the n)iddle of the house. Then he .saw that the hair of the 
Viear was verv long. The chief intended to kill Ts'ak' with it. H" was 



1 fan 

who 



yo'LEmqtg'S. 

gave him advice. 



Le'tsxaL txalpxl. >.Lk-'c lo-sqa-he't"EnL 

He counted four. Then in side lie placed 



2 ala'g'ini tgwat. NLk"'e nig'i huX uigait-a'qLk"t hwtl k-'e 



3 qacfa'kt. NLk'"e ts'ens Ts'ak' 

open. Then he Ts"ak-. 



4 NLk'e 

Then 



mEn-ie s 

up went 



entered 

Ts'ak- 

Ts'ak- 



rain 


it could reach being then 


Nig-i 


no'ot. Ts'ElKm-a'qLk"t. 


Not 


he Into he 
died. reached. 


hwil 

where 


le-g'a'ei. Lgo'ur,k"L 

on lay the child of 



5 sEm'a'g'it. NLk*'e g'ii'ELs Ts'ak' 

the chief. Then he lay Ts'ak-. 



NLk'"e sEmgal lo-a'mL qii'oL 

Then very in good heart 



ti i4j6'uLk°L sEm'a'g'it hwil a'd"tk'sk"L sE'm-ama g'at. NLk''e 

the daughter of the chief where came a very good man. Then 

7 yuki. ([ala'qdet aL wl-a'xk". XLk'"e naxna'L sEin'a'g'it. .Seih- 

bogin- they playe<l at all night. Then heard it the chief. Vcrv 
ning 

8 he'i.uk, ni.k'"e a'lg'ixi. sEm'a'g'it aL gusli'sk"t: "'SEm-sE-me'L 

morning, then sfioke the chief to his sister's " Very make burn 



'.) la'gust." NLk'V hwili. giisli'sk"t. 



Wi-t'e'st hwil 

Greni where 



sf:-me'Ldei, 



In iak". iii.k'*et gun-go'udEi. sEin'a'g'ii- ui ana'sL wi-o'l. K''et 

lli<- then he them to thechief the skin of the bear. Then 

tire. cjius<'d lake great 

jalfi'm. hwilpt. NLk''c a'lg'ixL sEiii'a'g'it: 

the rear hi.s house. Then spoke the chief: 



11 gun-ba'i.t 

he to 

caaKHl spread out of 

12 "T'Em-iii'tEn 

••T"lhe make 
ml<Mle him go 

13 t'Em-ie'et. NLk'et 

to the he Then 



ui'mseEst." NLk''e g'in-he'tk"'s 

my son-in-law." Then arose 



Ts'ak' 

Tsak- 



t)an 



Ts'ak'. 

T.s'ak-. 

ne'LeguLe 

long 



NLk'e 



lax'L 

tiK 



14 o'ig'.' 

Ille 
bear 



ai. 



(Ieui 

(fut.) 



dzak"s 

kill 



Ts'ak- 

Ts'ak - 



qan 
there- 
fore 



hwilt. 

he did 



hair of 

"TsEdii u\t 

"If (perf.) 



BOAS] TSIMSIIIAN TEXTS ]:\\ 

to sit down on it, iiiul tlim tlic liiiii- would nilci- lii> ;Mni>. uiul lliii^ lie 
was to die. Tlius tliouojit th,. rliid'. I'.ut 'IVaix- pJiicHl liir .-arviiijr 
of ice under liis tVct. and lie moved it over tiic sldn. A noise was 
made by the breaking- of the l)ear"s iiair. 'r-":d<sat down, and the 
hair did not enter his anus. Now lli(> eiiief was ashamed l)eeaiise 
T.s'ak- was not dead. He said. "Walk to tiie niiddh> of tiie house." 
Thus he spoke to his child. His daiiehter went down to the middle of 
the hou.se and sat down beside Ts"ak-. Ileniarried hei-. Then ihevate. 
When Ts'ak- had tinished eating, the ehief said to his nephew.s. 
"^Make a large pyre and place stones on it." His nephews did so. 
They built a large pyre of wood and placed stones on it. When the 
stones were hot. the chief ordered a large box to be taken down to the 



le-d'a'tk"s Ts"ak". dEin k""e dz"F4)dz"a'bik-sk"t ai. ts"Kin-<|"a'i;lt. 1 

on he is Ts'iik- ilut.i llifii tln-y will iiit.r m in Ins 

ni. dEni k'"e no'ot." de'yai. ((ati. sF.m'a'g'it. XLk'"et 2 

he lint. I then flies." t),ns ttu- llii- chief. Then 

s,u.ke llrarn.l 

l6-t(j"al-he't"Ens Ts'ak'i. ala'g'Jm da'ut ai. ts'F.ni-asa'it. '.i 

in ajjainst plaeed Ts'ak- the earvint: i<e al in his Knit. 

NLk''et k"uL-sa'wut. Xstamk hwil hei.ri'i.agai. lax'i. o'lg'e. 4 

Then abont he shook Xnise whin- hn.kt- ' the hair the 

it. of h,-ar. 

NLk''e le-d'a's Ts'ak'. Ni.k'"e iii'g'i dz"i-:j)dz"a'bisk'sk"t ar. 5 

Then on he Ts'ak-. Tlien ncil tlu-y entered at 

.sat 

ts'Eiii-tj'il'ls T.s"ak'. NLk'"C' dzaqL sEinTi'git hwil ni'g'i mVos t! 

in the Ts'ak-. Then was llie ehief lu-in;; not dead 

anus of asiiamed 

Ts'ak'. NLk''e a'lg'ixL sEui'a'git: ••T'Ein-ie'ii diiL;" de'ya 7 

Ts'ak-. Then spoke the ehief: 

aL Lgo'uEk"t. NLk-'e t'Em-ia'L Lgo'uEk"t. Ni.k-'e d'at ai, S 

to hisdatiL'liter. Tlien to the went liis (hiUKiiter. Then she al 

middle s«t down 

awa'as Ts'ak'. Na'k'sgut. NLk''e txa'xk'Vlet. '.' 

He married Tlien th.-yate. 

her. 

La Laxk"s Ts'ak' ai. yo'oxk"t. ni.k''e huX a'lg'ixi. ID 

When finished Ts'ak- at eatins.-, tlu-n airain si«.ke 

eating 

SEiii'a'g'it aL gu.sli'sk"t: '•Ami, dnm da'lKpsEm!" , Ni.k-'e 11 

the ehief to his sister's sons: •-i;..od iiiit.i y..n heat stones Then 

in a tire! " 

huwi'lL giisli'sk"t. Wl-t'e'sL ha-le-dii'lKpi. dza'pdetg'e. Lo'op 12 

did .so his nephews. .\ great pile ..f woods and they made it. .sionc-s 

le-d'a'Ldet liit. NLk''(^ i.a lEiiila'mk'i. lo'opg'e. Ni.k''et 13 

on they put on it. Then when they were hoi the stones. Then 

gun-t'Eni-go'udEi. sEui'a'g'ii. wl-tial-henij. Ni.k''et gun-lo-l(V<MlJk'st. 14 

caused tothe to be the chief the box. Then J'^', '" '''.';'"'' 

middle taken great caused watir. 



182 lUREAC OF AMEKICAX ETHNDLoGY [bill.27 

tin-, unci wiitcr to l)e poured into it. It wa.s clone. Then one man 
t<K)k a pair of tonjr.-*: anotiier took another pair of tong>. These two 
per.Mins took the stones and put them into the Viox. whieh wa.s half full 
of water. Now the water Iteji-an to Ijoil. When it was boiling over, 
the chief said to Ts'ak'. •■Rise and jump into this hot water." Ts'ak* 
did so. He jumped into it and sat down. His body was covered by 
the water. Only a little of his hair was visible. Now the water 
boiled violently, and Ts"ak*s wife cried when she saw how he was 
lieinjr cooked. Then a person went down to the box and pulled at 
Ts"ak-"s hair. It came out. and the i)erson said. "'He is well done." 
Now the chief told them to pour out the water. When they had done 
.so, T.s'ak" rose. Then he went to the rear of the house and said to 



1 Ni.k'Vt hwila'k''det. Ni.k''ct jro'uL k-'ali. g'at ha-pts'ii'xk". 

Tlit'ti il was done. TIm-ti tnok one man tonf^. 

L' .Ni.k'T't huX go'ui. huX k'alL k'*elt. XLk""et 

Then h1s<» t<M>k also one man one Tlien 

(pair of longs I. 

3 ha'k"Ldei, lo'op bagade'lL g'a'tg'e. XLk""et lo-d"a'i.det aL 

IiMik slones two men. Then in they put in 

them 

4 ts'Eui-qal-he'nti qak'-.se'luk"aL ak"s. NLk''et i.a hai.ha'LEqLk"t. 

Ill the box half fnll of water. Then (perf.) it was boiling. 

5 Ni.k"'e t'esi. hwil t'uks-iii'et. Xi.k''e a'lg'ixL sEm'ii'g'it 

Then mneh where out it went Then spoke the chief 

was (it boiled over). 

(5 its T.s"ak': ''AuiL he'tgun! AmL dsm lo-da'uLEn aL 

til Ts'ak-: "Good stand up! Good (ftit.) in go at 

7 ts"Em-g"a'nig"im ak's." XLk""e hwils Ts'ak*. K""e logom-ba'xt. 

in the hot water." Then did .so Ts'ak. Then into he went. 

N N I. k •'(■■■ l(")-dVi't. Lo-gwa'tk"!, t'Em-qe'st. Q'am-ts'o'sk* hwil 

Then in he sal In was lost his head. Only a little where 

ilown. 

5* k'si-nia'(isk"i. qest. XLk'T' wl-t'e's hwil hai.ha'i.Eqi.k". k"'e 

iiiit st.M«l his hair. Then much wh.r. ii l..ulei1. then 

1" wiye'tk"!. nak"s Ts'ak' hwil uit g"a'aL hwil a'nuksL Le smax's 

' riiil the Ts'ak- being (porf.> shesaw where wa-s done the flesh 

wife of ^elx)ked) of 

11 'I's'ak-. Xuk'T' hagun-iii't''n. k'ali, g"at fan k"si-tsa'6dEL qes 

Ts'ak . Then tnwanl went one man who out pulled the 

hair of 

1'2 Ts'ak'. Ni.k-'("' k'.-ii-tsa'ot. NLk''e nia'i.Ki. gat i.a gwo'tsik's 

Ts'ttk . Then out it eaine. Then told ilie man i perf. really 

IH a'nukst. NLk''t't gun-sa-qa't.siL sEUi'a'g'iL i.f' lo-a'ksit. Ni.k'et 

hew«sil..ne Then caused oft pour the chief the inside water. Then they 

14 .s!"i-(|a't.sdct, hwil k''e' haldEui-ba'xs Ts'ak'. K''i" g'lme-ie'et. 

oil puurvd It, Uien ro,se Ts'ak'. Then to the he 

rear went. 



»o*s] TSIMSHIAN TKXTS ],S:{ 

hifi witV. ••Your father will not he able to kill me wilh ull his arts." 
Then the woman was glad, but the ehief was aslianied. 

The next mornino- the chief said, •• Come. Son-in-law. Fetch x.ine 
fuel. One of m\' nephews and two slaves shall accompan won." Ts'ak- 
rcse. The slaves took stone ax<s smh as the people iiseil in nhh^n 
times. Ts"ak- felled a great tree. It fell and lie split it. Then one 
of the slaves made wedges. Thev also carrifd a large stone hannner. 
which was fastened with thong to a handle. They put tiic wedges into 
the end of the tree. They struck them with the hammer and the tree 
split. Then they pushed Ts'ak" into it and knocked out the wedges. 
The tree snapped together, and Ts'ak" was in it. The slaves saw 



NLk''e het ai. nak'st: ••Q'ap-ni'g'i di:ni de-no'oe; txane'tk".sL 1 

Then hv to lii-; wilt-: "Rfully nut .lul.i ..m I dir; nil 

dEm hwils nEgwa'odKii la'ot:. (^"ap-nt'g"i di;m de-no'6e." 2 

(fut.) iloes vnur iKtli.T tome. KciiUv not niiti on I (lie." 

iny purl 

NLk''e lo-a'mi. (|a'oL hana'qg'e. i.a dza(|i, sEm'a'g'it. 8 

Then in t'™"] lu'Hrl tli.' womiin. ll'i-rf.l hf was llu- cliii^f. 

Hsllnniia 

NLk'"e huX k""eli, he'i.uk. ni.k""e IniX a'lg'i.xi. sEui'a'g'it: 4 

Tli.'n iitrain one inorninfr. th.ii Msiiiin spoke the eliief: 

"AmL dEiu sE-a'Lk"L. LamsEi'st. Hagade'li. i.ii.i'ng'it dF.ni .". 

■■Gooil ilut.i mnke tire- my son-in-law. 'I'wo slaves fut.. 

stelt de-k-'a'lr. gusle'se." NLk-'e haldKm-ha'xs Ts'ak': ni.k-'e i; 

acconi- with one my nepliew." Then rose Ts'iik ; then 

pany him 

doqL LiLi'ng'it dawT'sEin lo'op. NEi.ne't dc-ha'yir. waLEn- 7 

took the slaves axes of stone. Tlial on tl,eir ii-e.l i.f iilil™ 

part times 

g-ig'a't aL g-i-k'o'oL. NLk-'et (I'ots (Iej) Ts'ak-i. wi-j.ra'n. S 

the people at long a,i;o. Then eut i].lnr. ) Ts'ak- a tree. 

NLk-'e (je'nExt. NiJv-'e xtse-ia'tsdet. Xr.k-T't d/.ipdzapi. k-'ali. ;• 

Then it tell. Then in the they Then nnel.' on. 

midille chopped it. 

wI-xa'E let. K-'e ia'gait-yu'kdcL wT-da'(p,Ein loo]). Tti'al- pi 

great slave wedges. Then alrlady they a haminer - .-. .lirain-t 

larned great ol 

da'k-Ldet aL t.s'ai.. Ni.k-"." lo-iiia'.|saand.-t ai. i.Exi.Ep(|'a pi. 11 

it was with skin..f Then in tliev put it at the end o, 

fastened the liaek. 

wl-ga'n. XLk-'et o'x-det aL da'cp.Ein loop. Ni.k-'e sagaL 12 

the ^ree. Then they struek with the hammer stone. Then il split 

gf^'it "' .. , ._ 1 . 

wMo-la'et. NLk-'et lo-t'e'sdet 'IVak- la'ot. Ni.k-et k-si- 18 

great in large. Then in th.-y ^^ Ts'ak- in it. Then ont 

ax -'ox -del let. Ni.k'e iia't>'Ik-sKin huX ha'k'waxL wi-jra'n U 

"theysin.ek ^^ih.;^^ Then on,e ,„ore again •■'■M;I>;;^;"- J^!:,, "'- 

lo sg-i's Ts'ak-" ai. ts'ii'wuL gan. Ni.k-'et g'a'uL Lti.i'ng-it hwil 15 

in 'i^y ' Tsak at mst.leof Jree. Then .saw the slaves »l,ere 



i;U BrKEAT OF .A.MKKUAN ETHXOLOGY [BrLL.27 

til.xKl lominjr out of Ts'iik-".s mouth. :ind they left nmi. saying, 
" Now you hiivc been put to shame!" They went home. But Ts'ak" 
kicked tile yreat tree, .so that one half fell to one side and the other half 
to the other. He carried one half on his shoulder and went home. 
He threw it into the house, and the whole house front was broken. 
Then the chief was ashamed, and he worried because he was una>)le to 
kill Ts'ak-, who was a great supernatural man. 

The c-hief did not know what to use next, but after a w liile it occurred 
to him what to do. One morning he said to Ts"ak" that he should go 
and spear a .seal that he wanted to eat. His nephew and two slaves 
wen* to go along, .so there were four in the canoe. They started, 
and found a i)lace where .seals were. It was at the edge of a great 
whirlpool. They asked T.s"ak" to stand in the bow of the canoe, to 



1 iji ri'd'ik'sk"L iui'e aL ts'Em-a'qs Xs'ak". NLk'et k"sta'qsdet. 

(port.) eamu blood iit in mouth Ts'ak-. Thun tlioy loft him. 

of 

2 NLk''e tgoni. he'det: "Dzii'gan!" La na-la'k"det aL ts"Kiii-hwi'lp. 

Then Ihi'i thc-y.suid: "Be ashamed.'" (Pert.) they went to in the 

home hoU!ie. 

3 NLk*'et ank"sksla'qsts Ts'ak' wr-ga'n. XLk"'e hwagait-sg'i'L Le 

Then apart kicked Tsak- the tree. Then away it lav 

groat 

4 sto'ot aL hwagait-go'st. NLk""et qo'lts'Exs Ts'ak'L wl-st6'6t. 

the half at awa'y there. Then he carried it Tsak- the half. 

on his shoulder gieat 

3 NLk"'e na-ie'et. NLk""et ts'ElEm-gu'Xt. XLk"'e wl-txa gwa'sk^L 

Then out of he Then into he threw Then srent nil l.roken 

the wiMMl^i went. it. 

(i a'dz'Epi, hwilpL sEin'a'g'it. NLk''e dzaqL sEm'a'gut, La abri'g"ask"t 

theihairof the house the chief. Then was the chief, (perf ) he was 

of ashamed troubled 

7 UL dsmt hwila nS'ot'Ens Ts'ak". SEmgal wi-nEqno'qL g'at 

to (ful.i being means of Tsak-. Very great sui>ernatuial man 

killing 

5 go'stg-e. 

that one. 

it NLk''e atj-huX ha'yiL SEm'ii'g'it. Si-go'n, nLk""e huX 

Then with again using tne chlel. Atter then again 

out a while 

1(» io tlVi'L (laVidEt. HuX kelL he'Luk, uLk'et huX hetsL 

II" "M-ii lii> mind .\Knin one luornnig men again sent 

11 sKm'a'gft Ts'ak-. Gun ga'Lk"dKt dEin x-elxt. Bagade'lL 

ihr chief l>ak. He him to spear iiut.i to seal. Two 

cHiivil eat 

iL' LHj'ng-it dKdfi'det. de-k'a'li, gusli'st Ne'L qan lo-txalpxdfi'detg'e. 

siiiv»'s were With hmi with ime lus Therehire in four were in canoe. 

Ill ihe i-alioe, iiepliew 

i:i NLk'r- da'uLd(">t. NLk't'' hwa'det hwil d'tiL elx. lax-ts'a'EL 

I hen lliey left. Then they found where were seals. mi edge of 

14 wI-an-tgo-le'lbik"sk". 

gri'ut around rMlling uater. 



NLk-'t-t 


iruM-le-he'tk"det 


Ts'ak- 


aL 


TUeu 


I hey on to stand 


Tsak- 


at 



Bo^sj TSIMSHIAN TEX'IS 135 

hold the harpoon and spour the seal. One of the <freat slaves sKxmI 
near. He intended to push Ts'ak- into the water, that lie slioidd die. 
While the slave was inteiidinj^ to do so, Ts'ak" tiirew him into the 
water and he died. The whirlpool swallowed hini. Then Ts'ak" 
began to spear seals and filled his canoe. He returned and landc<l in 
front of the house. The chief had lo.st one .slave, and they told him that 
he had lieen drowned. Then Ts'ak" carried the .seals up and they 
cooked them. When they were done, ho called the whole trit)c, and 
they ate the .seals. Now the chief gave up trying to kill Ts'ak". 

Ts'ak" now thought of returning to his grandmother whom he had 
left, and to his fir-st wife. Then he went back, accompanied by hi.s 



lax-g"itsa'qi. nial. Yu'kdei. sgan-da'pxi.. N'i,k"'et g"aLk"i, 1 

oil Ijnw r>f canoe. He held the sliiitl tlie Tlicii he »i)ean-<l 

of harpoon. 

elx. NLk"'c (j'ai'yini hagun-he'tk"i, wi-xa'E ai. awa'ut 2 

ft Then near toward stood the slave at hispmx- 

seal. great imity 

dEm t'an t'uks-t'e'sES Ts'ak" aL ts'Km-a'k"s. Nei, dEin 3 

(fut.) who out rushed Ts'ak- at m water. He (fut) 

k"'e uo'ot. Q'ai-he-yu'ki. heL qa'odEL xa'Ei, dEm 4 

then dead. Still began said the heart the itut.) 

of slave 

t'uks-fe'sEs Ts'ak". sEm-fuks-t'e'sEs T.s'ak"i. wi-xa'E. NLk"'e 5 

out push Ts'ak-, reallv out pushed Ts'ak- the slave. Then 

great 

no'ot. Yap.xL an-tgo-le'lbik"sk". NLk"'e yukt g"aLk°.s Ts'ak" 6 

he was Itswal- around rolling w-ater. Then he speared Ts'ak- 

dead. lowed him began 

elx. SEm-me'tk"L mal. NLk"'e la-ya'ltk''s Ts'ak". K"'e 7 

seals. Very full the Then he returned Ts'ak-. Then 

k"'atskt ai. (ia-g":i'uL hwilp. NLk"'e gwa'tEsii. sEm'a'g"it 8 

they at the front of the town. Then he lost the ehief 

landed the houses of 

aL k"'alL wI-xa'E. NLk"'et ma'Ldet no'ot aL ts'Em-a'k".s. 9 



one 



great slave. Then they told 



dead water. 

NLk"'e bax-hwi'lqdeL Cdx. NLk"et sa'lEpdet. NLk"'e a'nukst. 10 

Then up they carried the Then they boiled I'hen they were 

DLk-'et wo'odet txane'tk-L t.s'ap. NLk"'et g"e'ipdeL elx. 11 

then they all the people. Then they ate the seuLs. 

invited 

NLk"'e ha'uL sEm'a'g"it aL dEmt sik"'eL dzak".s T.s'ak". 1- 

Then stopped the chief to (fut., try to kUl Ts'ak-. 

Hwii'i' Lat am-tra'dEs Ts'ak" dEm huX yaltk''t aL awa'as 13 

Weil! (Perf.; he liiought Ts'ak- (fut.) again ^here. to theprox- 

nets'e'Etst. Le k^ta'qsdetg"e (lani. ir waLEn-na'k".st. NLk"'f' U 

his grand- ■ I'erf.) he left them and ^^^hb^ wife. Then 

mother, . , , _ 

lo-va'ltk-t. Gulik"s-ste'lL sl-na'k"st qani. wi-xa e: i^ 15 

he -returned. Backaecon.^ hiswile and ^t^:^ slave, (porf.) 



136 



BURKAl' UK AMERICAN KTIINOLOGY 



new wife, and by his irroat .slave Driuii-bellv. wlio had stayed alone in 
the woods far from the town. They called him. and they returned. 
Then they came to the plaie where the Mou.se woman lived. She 
.said to Ts'ak", ''Did you succeed in your attempt f" Ts'ak" replied, 
*' I did succeed." Then she gave them to cat until tlicy had ciinug-h. 
They started aj^ain and went through the mountain. When they 
had pa.sscd through, they entered the house of tiie other Mouse. The 
Mouse woini'n watch both ends of the tniil that leads through the moun- 
tjiin. Ts'ak' went on. and reached his own hou.se. That is the end. 



1 k'a.\'-t(('al-d"a'adKi, 

aUtiic* H^'iiinst ;<taye<l 

2 lo-3-a'ltk"t, nLk''et 

he rt'tunitH], then 



.\ no' I, Km 



wo'ot. 

he called 



i)an 

belly 

Xi.k-'e 



ai. g'ile'ljx". NLk''e La 

Bt ill W(X)i1s. Then (perf.) 

hclya'ltk"detg-e. NLk*"e 

they rctunied. Then 



3 ha'tslksEm 

onee more 

4 k'sEm-qa'kL 



huX 

again 

hwa'tg'o. 

her name. 



hwii'der. 

thuy found 



hwil 

where 



dzotji. 



XLk-'e 

Then 



a'lg-ixi. 



hana'ijt 

the woman 

k-.sEm-qii'k'L 



6 hcs 

said 



T.s'ak': 

Ts'ak-: 

Ts'ak' 

Ts'ak-: 



"Ne! Me daa'qLk"i. 

"Indeed! You attained 

" Daa'qLgucE, ha net." 

■' I attained it, yes indeed." 



(jan 



tnvi lEii; 

you did so?" 



7 k'sEm-qa'k"i.. 



GwatsE's 

Kenlly 



lets'a'x't. 



NLk'"e 

Then 

NLk-e 

Then 



\-ukL 

tiegan 

huX 



NLk ""e 

Then 

w6'6tk"s 

he was 
invited by 

Lo'odet. 



8 HuX ha't.s"Jk-sEm huX qalk-si-y6'.xk"det LaXL .sqane'stg-e. 

AKHiii onee more again through they went the under- the mountain. 

side of 

y Ni.k-"e huX (|alk "si-ax VqLk"detg-e. Ntk-'e huX la'mdzi.xdet 

Then ni-aln tliroush they reached Tlien again they entered 

10 ai. huX hwfl dzoq.s huX k-ali. k'SEm-qa'k-L. Lax-le'Lk'deL 

111 ai;ain where 8laye<l uKiiiii one female mouse. Both they watch 

ends 

11 hwil qalk-.si-sgi'L qe'nEx aL LaXb sqane'stg-e. MLk-"e huX 



there thniugh 

12 i,<V(Klt^t. Ni.k- 



gulik\s-a'qLk'"s 

back reached 



the mountain. 

Ts'ak- a 



lEu-hwi'lpt. 

own his house. 



13 Ni-k-e 

Then 



.sa-ba'xt. 

oH it runs 
(it is (he end). 



(TR()WIN(i-UP-LIKK-ONK-WIlo-IIAS-A-(il{AM).\ 



There was a boy who had lost his father ami his mother; only his 
mother's l)rother. the chief of the vilhiuc reiiiaiiiod. One tlav this 
chief was purifying himself by drinking a decoction of (lcvil"s-cliibs. 
He did so repeatedly because he intended to giv(> a potlati-li. One 
evening he went down to the heacli; tlieie he sat down and lool<ed 
up to the sky. Behold, lire came down fmni the sky like a shoot- 
ing star. It came rigiit down. A tree was standing behind the house 
of the chief, and a branch was standing out froiu tlie tree. The tire 
came right down to it and hung on the end of tlie branch. The chief 



Masemstiontsk'ktsk" 

(iROWIN(;-fI'-LlKE-(lXE-\VHO-HAS-A-(iHANI)MoTllKi; 

Lgo-tk""e'Lk" no'oL uEgua'odEt ciani, noxt. Q"am-k"'a'li. 1 

A liiiv was his father ami his Oiilv one 

little ■ ilea.l mcther. 

sEm'a'g'it iiEbe'pt. Hwa'il K-"eli. sa. k'T-t g'e'ipi. sEmYi'g-it 2 

chief Insmi.ther-s Well' lin,- .l.iv. llien at.' the ehief 

l.n.tli.T. 

woo'mst. HuX k-"eli, sa, k'T' liiiX hwilt. huXt g't'lpi. 3 

devil's-club. Asain laie (lay. Iheii aL'aili he (lids.., asaill he ale 

w65'ms. HwJl'il La yukL dEiii yukt. ni.neL (|an liwilt. 4 

devil's-eUib. Well! He was i fut. i iMirivea th.-reiore he.li.l-... 

abimt p.itlateh. 

NLk-'e yu'ksa, k-"e k'saxt. K-"e iaga-iit't ai. g'i'i'u. K-'c dYit 5 

Then " eveniiu- then lie went Then ih.'wii he tn front of Then he sat 

i.ni. went honse. (liiwn 

aL g-a'u. K'"e g-a'ask"t ai. lax-lia'. ( iwina'dei.. lak"i. a'd"ik-sk"t: 6 

at frontof Then he looked to the -k\. ISeh.iM. a lire .■Huie: 

liduse. 

witk"t ai. lax-ha'g-e ho'g-jgai. k'watsi. pEJi'st. lv-T>t d'np-yu'kt. 7 



It came from the sky 



Then 



Hwil'il IIetk"i. gan ai. <|a-(iala'iii, liwilpi, sEmTrg-Jt. Ni.k-'c S 

Well! Itstoo.1 air,-,- al rearofhoiise the house the chief. Then 

.sa-he'tk"E an<-'si. gan. .Ni.rir^i. (|a'oi. iia'yibcx. Ni.k-*e !l 



off st.io.l a hrancli 



the lisht. Then 



le-ia'(it. Hwa'i! G-a'ai. sEm'a'g-it, d'at ai. g-ii'u. Nt.k-"e li» 

onithimg. Well! He saw it the chief, he .s4it ut f^uiU^.f 



13« 



<y A.MKKICAX KTHXoLOUY 



saw it. He went up to the house and sent for his people. When 
they entered, he said. "Copper is hanjjfinji- on the branch of a tree. 
The younjr peoj)ie shall <^o and knock it down. If one of you young 
men hit it. he shall marry my daughter." 

Early the ne.\t morning they went up behind the house of the chief. 
The old men also went to look. The young men took stones, and 
threw all day long until their hands were (juite sore: then they stopped 
for a while and ate. Then they went up again and tried to knock the 
eop|)er down. Iiut they did not succeed. It grew dark. Then the poor 
little boy went down to the l)each in front of the house and sat down 
near a cjinoe. when^ he urinated. Then he .saw a man approaching 
who said. "What are the people talking about?" The boy replied, 



1 hwil k"c ba.x-ie'f't. K-'et gun-qS'6dEL qal-ts'a'p. XLk''e 

AC ii|> he Then he Co go Che people. Then 

once uiP.c. cau-sed chere 

2 la'mdzi.vL qal-ts'a'p. NLk'"e maLL sEra"ti'g'itg"e; nLk''e a'lg'ixt: 

Chiy eiiCered Che people. Then he Cold Che chief; Chen he said; 

3 '"Le-ia'qL oq aL lax-ane'st. Hwa'il DEm o'yiL txane'tk"L 

"On hangs a ac on a branch. Well! (FuC.) Chrow ic all 

copper 

4 (I'aima'qsitI AtsEdat (jx'l k'"alL g'at, nLnet dEm an-na'ksk''L 

youCh.s: If he hic^ one man, Chen he (fut.) who marries 

» Lgo'uLgue." 

uiy dallKhCer." 



6 XLk-'i 

Then 



niE.sa'x-; k'"e hwil k''e bax-Lo'odet aL qa-qala'nL 

daylighc ; aC once up chey wenc Co rearof hou-se 



T hwilpL sEuia'g'it. NLk''e de-bax-Lo'oL wud"ax-g"ig'a't aL 

of Che Che chief. Then n\so up wenc cheold men Co 

hou..<. of 

8 a'lg'altg'e. LoopL docp, q'aima'qsit. K'"e hwil k-"et 6'x'det 

li»)k. Slone.s chev die youihs. Ac once chey 

Cook Chrew 

9 ai. wl-sa'. Q'ap-sipsrepk''L qa-an'6'ndet. NLk"'e k'ax-huxha'odet. 

ac all day. Really sick were cheir hands. Then for a Chey scopped. 

while 

li> Hwa'il Q'am-ijixLii'exk" txa'6xk"det, k"e ha'tsEm huX 

^^'■'1' Only they tlnishe^l they ate, then once more a^in 

eaCinK 

11 i.o'odct: k"et hn'tsEm huXt cVx-det. Hwa'i! Ni'g'i 

chey then once mon- nKuin thev Weill Not 

wenc: threw. 

12 da-a'(iLk"det, k''e yu'ksa. NLk''e ksaXL Lgo-guii'Em 

chey naeheil it. then evening. Then wenC one Che poor 

licdc 

13 Lgo-tk'"("''Lk". XLk-"(" iaga-iii'et aL qa-g'ii'uL hwilp. G'o'oL 

llccle Ih.v. Then ilown he Co fronC of the house. There 

wenc village of was 

14 mfd lu, hwil d'at. He-yukL e'ist. K-'e hagun-ie'eL g-at aL 

a where he wiL« He began he Then toward wenc a to 

inii'x' sitting 

!•"> awa'at. NLk''e a'lg'ixt 

lil« Then he said 

pmiimlty 



urinaccfl. man 

ne'tg'e: "Ago'L La an-ha'L 

"WhaC (pert.) what say 



him; 



liOAsJ TSIMSIIIAN TKX'PS lHt» 

"A copper hangs on a trco and Iho pooplo tried to knock it dciwn, Imt 
they did not .succeed." '-(Jo on an<l try to lilt it yomsell." s;iid (lie num. 
Then he took up a stone and gave it to the lioy. He took up another 
one and gave it to him, and still another one and gave it to him. 
Then he said. "You shall knock it down. Take tirst this wliite st<iiie, 
then this black stone, then this hhie stone, and finally this one." 'I'he 
poor little l)oy took them, and tiuMi tiie man said. •'Do not -jiow 
these stones to the people." 

On the following morning the people went again and l)egan to tinow. 
The poor little l)o\- went up with them and said ho would throw too. 



qal-ts'a'p?" NLk'V hei. i.go-tk"'e'i.k"g'e: '•Le-ia'qi, o<i ai. 1 

the people?" Then snid the l«iv : "On hitngs n Hi 

litjle _ ^ eepper 

lax-ga'n. nLnei, o'yir, ((al-ts'a'p. Xi.k'T't nig'it da-a'i]i.k"det." 2 

on a tree, that thev tlie people. Tlini in.t thev reaeh it." 

thn.wit 

''Hwii'i! TsE 6'yin. ana'!" NLk'"et go'ui, k'"eli, lo'opg'e. 3 

"Well: Throw it. gnonl" Then he took one stone. 

NLk"'et g'in:T'mt ai, Lgo-tk''e'Lk". XLk''et huX go'ui, huX 4 

Then he gave it to the hov. Then asain he tiKik npiin 

little 

k"'elt. NLk'"et ginfi'mt. Hwii'il Ni.k'"et huX go'ui. huX 5 

one. Then he " ».ve it. Weill Tli.n asain he took av'ain 

k''elt; uLk-'et huX g-ina'mt. Ni-k-'t"^ a'lg'txi. g'at hagun- (} 

one; then again he save it. Then lie.^^ai.l the towaril 

man 

he'tgut aL awa'aL Lgo-guii'Em Lgo-tk'"e'i.k". N'Lk''e a'lg"ixt: 7 

standing at i.ro.ximitv the poor little hoy. Then he .said: 

of little 

"T.SE o'yiu. ana'I Tgoni. dEm k-s-qa'oiidEn ma'k-.sguni 8 

"Throw it, goon! This shall tirst yon white 

16' op. lS'Lk-"e huX k-"elt t'o'otsgum hVop. Hw-i'il llnX H 

stone. Then again o.ie hla.'k -Umr. Well: .-Vffai.. 

k-'elL lo'op hwil ansuna'osO. Hwii'il HuX k-'eJL lo'op net. 10 

one stone being " '"blue. W.'ll: .\gain one st.aie that 

dEm hwil qa'odEt." DoiiT. Lgo-gu;i'Em Lgo-tk-'e'Lk". NLk'T- 11 

(fut.l being the last." He took the poor little Ix.y. Th.-n 

them little 

a'lg-ixL g-a'tg-e hagun-he'tgut aL awa'at: "iT-i'lo niE tlze 12 

said "the man toward he stood at his pr<i.\- " Do not yon 

gun-g'a'adEt aL txane'tk"sL g'a'tg'e." 1-^ 

cause to see them at all people. 

NLk-'e huX me.sa'x-. nLk''."^ lia'tsEk-sEm liuX hax-g:V6dEi. 14 

Then again daylight. then on.e .nor,- ngait, up «i-nt 

txane'tk"L cr-a'tg'e. NLk-'e hatsEin huX he-yukt 6x-det. 15 

all The people. Then on,.,.nn.r,. again ^ey^ ^.hey 

NLk--e de-hax-iti'L i.-o-gua'K.m Lgo-tk-'e'Ek". Ni-k-T- de-he'tg-e 16 

Then also np u.„, ,,,,.. ' poor ht.le .-v. Then also he ..id 



14U BUREAU OF AMEUrCAN ETHNOLOGY Ibill.27 

Then the young men ro.<p and pushed him. hut the wise men stopped 
them :ind said. " Let him throw too." Then the _voung men sat down. 
The poor little boy rose and took a stone. He swuml: it in his 
iiands so that it whistled. It whistled four times, then lie l.-t it u:o. 
He almost hit the copper. He threw again and aliuost hit it. He 
threw the l)laek stone first, then the white one. then the blue one. 
He almost struck it. Finally he threw the red stone It liit tli.' .op- 
per right on its end. The poor little V)oy had hit it and it tVii down. 
Then all the young men ran up to it. everyone rlaiming it. But the 
poor little boy did not mind. They took it along and ran with it into 
tin- house of the chief, intending to marry his daughter, but he who 



1 dEm det-o'x-t. NLk-'e haldEm-go'ldcL q'aima'qsit. Ni.k"et 

(ful. ) also he Tlien they rose tin- youths. Thtii 

throw. 

2 k'ut-sa-t'e'sdei. i,go-gu:i'i;ni i.go-tk-'e'Lk". NLk*'e al'a'lg'ixL 

aUmt RWKV Ihcy the poor little toy. Then they spoke 

pushed him Httle 

3 hwil (jaxa'asgut, nLk-'et lii'Elt: "La am det-o'x't."' NLk-'e 

tlie wiv men thin thev re- "Good also he Then 

Imked them : throw." 

4 hwanL tj'aima'tisit. Ni-k-'i" hetk"L Lgo-gua'Em Lgo-tk-'e'Lk". 

thev sat the vouths. Then he stood the poor little l>i>y. 

<lowu ■ little 

5 NLk-'et go'uL k'CdL lo'opg'e. NLk"'et hwilsa'wuL an"6nt. 

Then he took one stone. Then he swung his hand. 

(j NLk-'et g-iLwi'nqt. TxalpxL g-iLwi'nqt. NLk-'et 6x-t. NLk-'e 

Then it whistled. Four times it whistled. Then he Then 

threw. 

7 ma'dzEt-6'x-t. Ni.k-'e huX k-'elt. NLk-'e hnX ma'dzEt-6x-t. 

almost he Then n(,'Hin one. Then iigiiin almost he 

hit it. hit >t- 

t> T'o'tsgum lo'op k's-qa'oqdKt. nia'k-sgum 16'op k's-qala'ndEt. 

The hla<-k stone tirst. the white stone mierward. 

!' Hwii'i ! Ou.sgwii'osgum hVop huX k.s-qala'ndEt. NLk-'e huX 

Well: The blue stone nRain afterward. Then again 

10 ma'dzEt-6'x-t. NLk-'f-t Uvks-qala'ndKt iLu'etgum 16'6pg-e. 

almost he Then in atUTward the red stone, 

hit it. 

>l .Ni.k-'i't ox-t. Hwtl uixLip-g'a'ptg-e, niL o'ldEL Lgo-gua'Em Lgo- 

Then he Where il.send, there hit the poor little 

hit it it little 

1^ tk-'i''Lk". Hwil'i! (")'itg-e. NLk-'e t'ukwa'ntk"t. NLk-'e ha'p'aL 

l«iv Well: He hit 11. Then it fell down. Then they 

rushed 

1-^' txanr''tk"si. wi-h('''idKiii cj'aima'tisit aL dEUi fan nek'st aL 

nil munv v.ivilhs tii fut.i who elaimed at 

it 

1-^ t"an lu'Xdflg-i"'. NLk-'f' ansogo'i. Lgo-gua'Ein Lgo-tk-'e'Lk". 

wh.i eaeh tried III uei it. Then he paid no the piKir little toy. 

atteniiim little 

15 .Ni.k'r- na-dE-da'uLdet. NLk-'e t.s'Elsm-de-ba'xdet aL ts'Em-hwi'lpL 

Then .iiitLf with thev tixjk Then into with they ran to in the house 



B0-4S] TSIMSIIIAN TKXTS 141 

had hit it was standiny- hi'liind n\\ tiicsc liars. Tlicti tlii' cliirt' ^iiiij. 
"Wait a while." 

When it was evening, the j^rowliny of a wliite l>ear \va> heard 
behind the house of the ehief. The chief said, "'Whoever kills the 
white bear shall many my daughter." Then all the young men ruse 
and ran out very suddenly because the ehief had said, " Whoever kills 
the white bear shall marry my daughter." The young men did not 
sleep because they wanted to pursue the white hear. In the evening 
the poor little boy again went down to the licacli. He sat down thei-e. 
and again a person approached him who asked, " \\'hat are the |)eople 
talking about f The poor little boy replied, "Last evening a white 

sEm'a'g'it aL dEm t'an iiak"sk"i, Lgo'ui,k''tg"e. NLk''e ia'gai- 1 

tlK' c'hk-f til (int. I wh.i iiiiirry his diinsjliHT. Then. how- 

g'ina-he'tgutg'e nc t'an ox't ar. sa-gabe'k"s(li't. XLk'"e a'ig'ixi, -2 

behiiul Ntixiii he win. liit il i.f ' iIh' li,ir«, Thi-ll spoki- 

SEm'a'g'it: ''G-'ax hao'nl" 8 

the chief: " Liiter mi : " 

Hwii'i! La huX yu'ksa, ni-k-'e ri'd"ik-sk"i, amhe'i. i 

Well: When iisiuin eviiiiim'. thin niuie the voice 

gulik"s-w6'xgutg-e aL qa-qala'nL liwilpL sK.mTi'g-it. XLk-"e 5 

at him,self barking Ht therearof tin- hmise tliechief. Then 

(white benr) Jiouseof I'l" 

a'lg-ixL .sEm'a'g'it: "AmL dEm guXL k-'CiU. g'atL 

spoke the chief: -'(Jooil (fut.i take one nmn 

gulik-s-woxgut-hetse. iiL dKui f;in nak-sk"L Lgo'uLgue." 7 

lit himself harkiii:; then (fnt.i who nmrries in> ihiiij-'hter.- 

(tile white bean. 

NLk-'e huX lialdEm-(|o UIel sKm-al;i-(i<Vl(lKl. •'DKni f;in S 

Then again they rose verysnil- they nui. -iMit.^ win. 

denly 

g-idi-"o ul gulik-s-w<y xgut-het.se nKLne't dnm an-na'k-sk"L '.i 

catches "^ at himself barking then he ifut.i who marrie. 

Lgo'uLgue. 

my daughter." 

q'aima'qsit aL dEm fan voxk"L giuik'.s- wo xgiit-het.se. Ni-k'T- II 

thevonths to .tut. who 'pursue at himself barking Then 

the\ouths to iiui 1 , the white l)ear.. 

vu'ksa, uLk-'e huX ha'ts-ik'sEm liuX iaga-ie'EL i.go-gua'Em I'J 



(the white bear), 

Hwii'i! NLk-v ni'g-i wa'wAtiL txane'tk"L H* 

my daughter." Well! Then nm ^I'-i.t all 



evenin 



Lgo-tk-"e'Lk". NLk-'e hats-Em iiuX (ITit ai. g-ii'u. NLk-'e 13 

linle hoy. Then once ntore again he... »t jn front Then 

hak-sEui huX hagun-ie'EL g-a'tgv. NLk-T" huX g-e'dnxt: 14 

;, low.iril went a man. Then again hea.ske.1: 
once more again to\\arn uiiii 

"Ago an-he'L ,ial-ts-a'p;" NLk-'e ma'L Lgo-gua'Em .go-tk-ri-k": 15 

V 1 ■■•■ Tlu'll uM ill'- |><"»r lit t If [»">- 

*'Whiit SHV tru- (H-opu-, liltlf 



142 BL'RKAr <'K AMKKICAX ETHNOLOGY [Bti.L.27 

hear appean-d l»chiiul the towii. Whoever catches it shall marry the 
dauj,'hter of the chief." Then the man, who was standiiij: near the 
poor little boy. said, "Ask foi- a bow and arrow. You shall shoot it." 
Then the poor little boy went up. When it grew dark, till the 
voung men were in the house of the chief. The latter took down to 
the lire a quiver holdinir bows and arrows. He gave one bow and two 
arrows to eatli man. Then the poor little boy. the chiefs own nephew, 
went down to the fire too. His father and his mother were dead, 
therefore he was poor. Only his old grandmother took care of him. 



1 


'•MiLs-o'l." 


XLk*'e huX yu'ksa, nLk-"e huX 


a'd'ik-sk"t aL 




•A bear. ■ 
whilv 


Then again evening, then Again 


he came to 


2 


qa-qala'nL 


qal-ts'a'p. NLk*'e hux iaga-ie'eL 


Lgo-guii'Em 




llii- riiir of 
thi! house?! of 


the town. Then again down went 


the poor 
little 


3 


Lgo-tk"'e'Lk", 


NLk''e huX a'd"ik-sk"L g'at fan 


huX g'e'dExt: 




mile boy. 


Then again lame the man who 


again a.ske<l: 


i 


"Q'amena 


dEm fan guXt, nLnet dsm 


t'an nak'sk"L 



5 i.go'uLk"!, sEm'ii'g'It." NLk"'e a'lg'ixL g"atL hagun-he'tgut aL 

the (laughtiT llie chief." Then spolie the toward stood at 

of person 

(I awa'aL Lgo-guii'Eni Lgo-tk''e'Lk"': "'Tse de-guna'yin ha-Xda'k° 

proximity the poor little liov: "Also demand a bow 

,.l ' little 

7 (laiii, hawi'l. tsE de-go'yin ana'I" 

and nrn»w. also .'^hoot it!" 

8 NLk*"e bax-ia'L Lgo-guii'Em Lgo-tk"'e'Lk°g"e. XLk"'e huX 

Then up went the poor little bov. Then again 

little 

9 a'd'ik"sk''L yu'ksag"e. NLk'e huX ts'ElEm-qa'odEL txane'tk"L 

it came evening. Then again into they went all 

10 <i'aima'i|sit aL t.s'Em-hwi'lpi, sEm"a'g'it. XLk'"e t'Eui-go'uL 

the youths to in the the chief. Then to the he 

house of middle took 

11 sEm'ii'g'it hwil l6-d6'xL ha-Xda'k" (janL hawi'l; k''elL 

the chief where in were bow and arrows. one 

1- ha-Xda'k" aL k^'alL g'u'tg'e, de g^'e'lbEli. hawi'l huX hwil 

Ih.w lo one man, als4) two arrows again being 

13 hiiX k'ali, g'a'tg'e. NLk''c .sa-ba'xL wlhe'ldEiu g*a'tg"fi. 

ngalti one man. Then from first to many men. 

last 

1-1 NLk"e liuX de-fEin-iii'L Lgo-guii'Em Lgo-tk"e'Lk", lEp-gusle'sL 

Then al.so with to the went the poor little boy, his sister's 

them middle little own sou of 

15 sEin'a'g'itg'c. Q'ap-no'oL uEguiVodEt qans noxt, nLnet qan 

the chief. Really dead his father and his 

was mother, 

Ifi gua'etg"e. Hwii'i 1 LEp-nEbe'pi. sEm'a'g"itg'e. K'sax Lgo-ntse'ts 

he wai l-xir. Weill Uis uncle was the chief. Only little gmnd- 

own mother 



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143 



He also ajikcd for a Imw and twu arrows. Then all the vouiij^ men 
made fun of hinr. Init the wise men said to the chief, '-(iive a l)o\v to 
the poor little boy." The ehief did so and he took it. It was eviMi- 
ing, and a little before daybreak the white henv appeared ajrain behind 
the town. All the young men ran out. A long time after they 
had left, the poor little boy ran out, too. It was as tliough a Hy were 
flying. The wasp pitied him, and thereft)re the jiooi- little Itoy was 
able to transform himself into a fly. Before the young men eould 
reach the white bear, the poor little boy had i)assed them. lie hit it and 
it lay there. His arrow passed right through it. Then lie took the 



t'an haba'letg'e. NLk""e huX det-gu'nai. k""('li. ha-Xda'k" <|ani, 1 

who toiik care of him. Then also on his ile onu bow aii'l 

part he manded 

g"'e'lbElL hawi'l. NLk'"e huX txane'tk''L ij'aima'i(sii. luiX 2 

Then aeain all Ihi' vomhs 



arrows 



ansgwa'tgut as ne'tg'e, Lgo-guii'Ein Lgo-tk""e'Lk"g"e. 



A^ain 

NLk\- 

Th,-n 



•ixL hwil qaxa'osgut aL SEm'a'g"it: "Am huX de-g'ina'mL 



ha-Xda'k" 

a bow 



Lgo-guii'Em Lgo-tk"'e'Lk"." 

the poor little boy." 



Ni-k-'e hwilL 

Then he did 



SEm'a'g'it. NLk'"et kVpE-de-do'qtg'e. Ni.k-"e huX yu'k.sa. 

the chief. Then he poorly also took it. Then airiiin cvelliliE, 



La delpk"L dEin 

when shortly {fut.i 



mEsa'x', 

daylight, 



ni!,k""( 

then 



again 

huX a'd'ik-sk"!. 

a.irain eame 



gulik-s-w6'xgut aL qa-qala'nL qal-ts'a'pgv. NLk-V huX 

at himself barking «" the rear of the f '^' 

(the white bea 



the rear of 
the houses of 



we'd'axL txane'tk"L (["aima'qsit. La nak"L hwil sa'k-sdctg'e 

ran all the y.juths. When lone where they were ;;one 

nLk''e de-ba'xL 

then also ran 



Lgo-guii'Em Lgo-tk ■"e'l.k" 

the poor little b..y. 

little 



Ho. 



(i 
7 
8 
9 
hwil 10 



g-eba'vukL bia'sk" aL qap-qii'Em-ga'L ap 

the flying of a flv be- really took pity ilie 



eause 



lis ne'tg'e, nii.ne'L 11 

of him. then he 

hao'n<r'e hagun- 12 



lo-L6'otk"L Lgo-gua'Eui Lgo-tk -"e'Lk". NLk'e 

was trans. the p«.r Utile boy. Then 

formed little _ , , , , .. 

axVoLk-L wl-he'klEm q'aima'q.sit: tk-'e .<a'g-ewul ba xguL Lgo- U 

V.ti, Tnnnv voiiths- but thevwete run piL-t the 

he reached n inan\ vuniu.. qunkiy by little 

guS'Em Lgo-tk--e'Lk". XLk--e gu'Xtg-e. NLk-'e .-Mt. Hwagait- 14 

^ lUtle boy. Then he shot It. The,, it lay WuUe 



poor 



Ihei 



qalk-si-da'uL Xdak"L Lgo-guii'Em Lgo-tk --e'Lk". NLk-'et go'iiL 15 

through passed the shot llie poor 



14:4 KfRKAl' I IK AMKKUAN ETHNOLOGY [bii.l.27 

arrow, imd fiit was scfri ri<rlit acros.s the nock of the arrow. Then 
the poor little Itoy returned. Now all the young men reached the 
bear and took it. thoiijirh the poor little boy had killed it. Then 
they rubbed their arrows with blood, intending to say that they 
had shot it. They lied becau.se they wished to marry the daughter 
of the chief. Then they carried the white bear into the house of 
the chief. One young man went down to the fire and .said, "Look 
at my arrow! I shot the white bear." The chief said, "Give me all 
your Ijows and arrows that I may examine them and discover who 
killed the white bear." They gave them to hiui and he examined 
them. Then he demanded the arrow of the poor little boy. and, 
behold, he had shot the white bear. Then they were all very nmch 



1 hawi'lg'e. TgonL hwili. hawi'lg'e: tsa'gaL hix* La anma'hwildEtg'e. 

llit-'urniw. This did the arrow: across grease (perf.) thenorkofthe 

arrow. 

2 NLkT' hwil k*'e ia'eL Lgo-guii'sm Lgo-tk"'e'Lk" aL l6-j-a'ltk''tg'e. 

At onci' he the poor little boy and he returned, 

went little 

3 NLk"'e hagun-qa'odEL wi-he'ldKiii (punia'qsitge t'an go'uL 

Then toward thev went maiiv vouths who took 

to it . 

4 gulik's-wo'xgut go'uicL Lgo-guii'Em Lgo-tk'"e'Lk". NLk'et 

at himH-lf harkiiii; shot bv the ["wr little l)Ov. Then 

(the white bear I little 

5 niKnnia'ndKL htiwi'l aL iUi'c. At ma'LdeL ne'det t"an gu'Xtg'e 

Ihe.v nibbe<l the with blood. They told tiny who shot it 

arrows 

6 aL .sa-gabe'k"sdetg'e aL dEuit hwil aii-na'k'sk"deL Lgo'uLk"L 

at liars to (fnt.) bein^ married the daughter 

of 

7 sKm'a'git. .NLk""!" ts"ElEm-ma'qdeL guliks-wo'xgut aL ts'sm- 

theohief. Then into they put at himself barking in in 

(the white iK-ar) 

8 hwi'lpL sEm'ii'git. At ma'LdcL fEm-ba'xL huX k"'alL (I'aima'sit: 

the the chief They told to middle he ran again one youth, 

house of of house 

9 " Ne'E t"an guXt I Am niE dEm g'a'aL hwilL hawi'lcE." 

"I who shot it ! Good you see it did it my arrow." 

10 NLk-"e a'lgixL sEm"a'g"it: "NdzoL g'ul-gane'L ha-Xclak"sE'mEst 

Then s|K.ke the chief: "Give me all your bows 

11 (IvAu Ifi'craldeE g'ul-^me'L hawi'lsEm aL dEm fan ia'gai-gu'XL 

(fut.i I examine all your arrows to (fut.) who already shot 

12 gulik's-wo'xgut."' N'Lk-'et ginamde'tg-e. jSLk"'et laxla'galL 

at hiiuMif Imrkitig Then thev gave them. Then examined 

1 the unite iHar) them 

13 sEm'a'g'itg'e. NLk""e laxla'galtgeL g'ul-gane'detg"e. NLk"'e 

the ihlef Then he examined ' all Tncn 

14 det-gui'nai. hawi'lL Lgo-guii'Em Lgo-tk-'e'Lk". Gwina'deL, net fan 

alwi hedi- theairow the piMir iiiile bov Behoid, he who 

manded ..t little 

15 guXL guliks wtj'.xgutg'e! NLk'"e wi t'e'sL hwil dzaxdza'qdetg'e. 

^h..t at hlnistif luirking Then great being ashamed tney 

I the white l)i-ar); 



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ashamed; the chief also was much ashamed. \h\ did not speak, 
because the poor little l)oy had tirst knocked down the copper tliat was 
on the tree behind the house of the chief, and then he had also shot 
the white bear. All the youn_i>- men, and also the chief, were ashamed, 
because the poor little boy had accomplished this. 

Then the chief made up his mind, lie was ashamed, and tliert-fore 
he sent his slave ordering the people to move away from the village. 
The great slave ran out, and with a loud voice ordered the people to 
move. They heard it, and early in the morning they moved. Not a 
single person stayed Itehind. They all went by canoe. Only the 
chiefs daughter and the poor little boy were left, and with them his 
old grandnu)t!ier. These thi-ee staved behitid. The old grandmother 



NLk''e huX de-wi-t"e'si. hwil-dzil'ciL sKm'a'g'itge. Ni.k'"e ni'g'i l 

Thon also nisi. grwil l.cing the the cliic-f. Then nut 

shame of 

xsta'ltkg"e, aL hwil sI'niL Lgo-gua'sm Lgo-tk'"e'i,k" t"an .sa-o'j'ii, 2 

he spoke, beeimse before the poor litth' Imv who i>fT threw 

little 

oq le-ia'gat aL lax-g-a'n aL qa-tiala'nL hwilpL s?;m'a'g"itg"e. 3 

the on it hung at on a at tlu-rearof the the house the chief, 

copper tree house of of 

Hwil'l ! La huX hwilt. guXL gulik's-wo'xgut. La huX neL 4 

Well! (Perf.l again he ilid it, he shot at himself barkini; (perf.) again he 

(the white bear), 

Lgo-gua'Em Lgo-tk""e'Lk" fan huX guXt. NLk""e dza.xdza'qL 5 

the poor little hov who again stiot it. Then they were 

little ashamed 

wi-he'ldEm q'aima'qsit. XLk-"e huX de-dza'qL sEm'a'g'it hwih, 6 

many youths. Then also also was the chief he did m 

ashamed 

Lgo-guii'Em Lgo-tk""e'Lk". 7 



NLk-'e sE-ga'6tk"L ts'Em-qa'oL sEin'a'gMt. NLk-'e dziiqt, 

Then was made up in the heart the chief. Then he was 

his mind of a.shttmed. 

DL qant k-si-he'tsL wI-xa'E ma'LEL tsEn-gun-lu'kL qal-Ls'a'p. 

therefore out he scMit the slave to tell desert- can.s- to the people. 

great ing iiig move 

NLk-'e k-si-ba'xL wI-xa'E fan gun-lu'kL qal-ts'a'p aL 

Then out ran the slave wh.. caused to the people with 

great move 

wl-amhe'tg-e. NLk''e naxna'L qal-ts'a'p. Ilwii'il lle'Luk, nLk""e 

loudvoi.-e. Then heard it th<- peoph- Well' ,„',','^,',^'*' ""-'" 

i g-ina dTi'L k-'ah. g a'tg'e. SEmuks-qii'odet. 

behind was otre man. Really out to they 



lukL qal-t.s"a'p, 

moved the people, 



SEm qam-k-'a'lL Lgo'uLk"L sEiiiTi'g-it uks-k-sta'qsdEtg-e de-k-'a'JL 



Ready 



nly 



the danghte 



toward 



she 



Lgo-cua'Em Lgo-tk-'e'Lk" ttfal k'sta'qsdetg-e de-k'alL i.go- 

the po<.r little boy against he wa.s lelt with one llllle 

little . , . . 

jula'ondEt aL gina hwa ndet. >Em-q am- 

ilir,..- at beliinri slaved Ver>- pieces 



nts'e'Etst; nL qan 

his grand- therefore tlirec 

motbor: 

H. A. E.. Bull. :i7— 02- 



10 



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(bpll.: 



had ii few pieoes of dried salmon. )>iit the chiefs duughter would not 
eat. She fasted. The poor little boy did the same. 

The prince.s.s slept in the rear of the hou.se. while the jioor little ho}- 
slept near the Hre. They lay down, and he thouj^ht of their poverty. 
It grew dark, and it grew daylight again. The poor little boy left 
the house. Near the end of the town there was a great river, and a 
trail led up the river. The poor little boy went along this trail. He 
went a long time and eame to the .shore of a large lake. A grassy 
opening extended to the water of the lake. There he stood and 
.shouted. The water rose and, l)ehold, the one that had eharge of the 
lake emerged. When it .saw the poor little boy standing near the 



(j'aik-'e'ldEL hanL sg"it aL awa'aL Lgo-nts'e'Etsdet. NLk-*e 



niilfs of ilricd salmon 

sulmon 

nig'i sg'it tsE dEm ge'ipi- 

iiiit litv {(at.) the fixiil 

of 

nai.cp, Lgo-wi'lk'.siLk"'g*e. XLk''e 

fuslwl llif priiKess. Then 

mill- 

Lgo-tk"'e'Lk"g'e. 

link- boy. 



their prandmothi-r 

iiity of little 

i.go'uLk"!- sEm'ii'g'it. XLk"'e 

the daughter tile chief. Then 

of 

huX de-hwi'lL Lgo-gua'Em 

also on did so the poor 

his part little 



Hwa'i! 

Well : 

la.N-t.s'a'L 

on edKenl 



CiMtsa'on 

In the rear of 
the holL-ie 

lak" hwil 

lire whi-re 



hwil 

where 

tr'a'eL 



g-ii'eL 



Lgo-guii Ein 

the poor 



i.go-wr'lk"siLk"g'('''. 

the princess, 

little 

Lgo-tk-'e'Lk". 

little bov. 



g-ig-ii'eLt. 

they lay 
down. 

huX a'd'ik'sL 

a^aiii f-ume 

Lgo-tk''e'Lk". 

little boy. 

Nelhc'l hwil 

Tlien that where 



NLk-"e 

Then 



k'opE-lo-a'lg'ixi. qa'otg'e. 

poorly in spoke his heart. 



Hw 

Well 



I'l: 



NLk'e 

Then 

Nik -'6 

Then 

NLk''e 

Then 



yu'k.sa. SEUi-he'uik k''e 

evening. Very morning then 

Q'ai'yitn na-ba'xi. wl-a'k's 

Near out of 



k-saXi. 

went out 



i-go-guii Em 

the poor 



lo-gali-.sg"c'L 



i^jo-guii Em 

the wxir 
little 

na-ba'xt ai. 

out of lu- to 



i>go-tk""e'Lk"< 

little bov. 



great 

qe'uE.xg'e. 

the tniil, 

La iiak"L 

When long 



<l":ipL ts'ap. 

at the end the 

of town. 

iiELne'tg'e lo-v6'xk"L 



lax-t.s":i'i, wi-t'ti'xg't"' 

on edge of great lake. 



NLk-- 

Then 



then that 

hwil i-i't 

where he 

uks-he'tgut 

toward he 



aL 



followed 

nLk'"e 

then 

hwil 

where 



uks-dYi'L ha'p'Eskg't" 

tinvar<l was grass, 

the water 

HI. hwagait-g I'lk.sg-i" 

111 way'i.ut offshore. 

."> ls'K.m-t"a'xcr-t"I Ni.k' 



XLk""i" wi-amhe'tg'e. 

Then he shouted. 



water stood 

NLk'"e g-iik"L ak's 

Then it rose the 



Gwinfi'deL, 

Heboid, 



ater 



ga'bEIlt 

it emerged 



wT-t"an 



lo-le'Lk*L 

in watched 



hwil 

where 



lo-uk.s-he'tk"L Lgo-gui'i'Ein 

in towani sli"«d the (loor 



BOAS] TSIMSHIAX TKXTS 147 

water, it e;iinc aslmrr (niickly towiird the \A-m-v whnc ihc pcor 
little hoy was staiidiiiy. It Wiis a yroat froj;-. It had loiij,' claws ,,f 
copper. Its mouth was copper, and so were its eyes and its eyelirows. 
It came near the poor little l)()y and almost cauj,'ht him. Tiieii tiie Ix.y 
stiirtcd to run. It almost caujjjht liim, hut the hoy escaped and the j^reat 
frog- returned. It could not overtake the [H.or little hoy. Tiie^jwor 
little boy ran right to the place wIktc a iarge cedar tree stood. Then 
he weut out of the woods to where the princess and the old erund 
mother were. Now they had almost nothing to eat. He went ahout 
among the empty houses, and there he found a stone ax; after a while 
he found a handle. Then he tied the ax to the handle. He sharp- 

Lgo-tk"'e'Lk". NLk'"e SEm-t'Em-ie'et; at tsagam-qri'oi. Iiwfl 1 

littli- Iwy. TluMi very .iuickly il it ,i^]\.,rr went « lu-re 

lo-uk.s-he'tk"L Lgo-guii'Em i,go-tk''e'i,k". wi-qana'og'e. Wi-t'e'sKm l' 

in toward stood thf jioor little liov. ilu' fr-.L- \ Win;.- 

water little ' t;rc-al 

qana'o q:ui ne'neguL La'qstg'e ai. o'qg'e. HuX hwiJL 3 

frog iiii.l I,,!!!,' its claws of i-opiier. AKo was so 

a'qtg'e. NLk'"e huX hwilL ts'a'ltg'e (|ani, le-g*e'elt. Ui 4 

its mouth. Then aNo were m> iiv,-y,-s and its eyebrows. When 

hagun-de'lpk"t ;ii. awa'tiL i,go-gu;i'K.ni i.go-tk''e'Lk'', ui 5 

toward near it ut the prox- the i.oor little l«iv, when 

iniity of little 

q'ap-yu'kL dEuit go'ut: i,a sEwi'ntk"t. k'"e Invtl k''e 6 

really began (fut.) it took when he gave a start. at once 

him; 

haxE Lgo-guii'Em Lgo-tk'"("'Lk". Q'ai'yim lo-s(i'o'k".sii, anWn 7 

ran tlie poor little l.ov. Near ni out of reach hand 

little 

dEmt g-idi-go'ut. K'"e hti'ts'ik'sKm lo-ya'ltk"i. wi-qana'u. 8 

(£ut.) I'aught him. Then oiiee more returned the frog, 

it (.-real 

Sq'o'k'siL Lgo-guii'Em Lgo-tk-'c'Lk". Hwfl he'tk"L wi-sEUi-ga'n. !l 

He was out the poor little l.ov. Where ^lood a ce'lnr 

of reach little >-'rcat 

neLne't sEm-yo'xgut Lgo-guii'Ein i.go-tk-"e'Lk"; i.e nieuL 10 

there reallv went to the poor little hoy, at i.».i o( 

little 

wl-o-a'ng'e, ulIc'c nti-ha'xt :ii. hwTI dt'^-dTi'L Lgo-wi'ik'sii.k" 11 

a * tree then ,,ut of he ran to where on her was the princess 

great wo.ids part little 

qauL Lgo-ntsT''tstg-e. Wt'tk"tg-('''. iiLk-'e ago'L dnm ifg'i- 12 

and little his grand Il.airived. then what (fnt i ..r 

g-e'hEt. NLk-"e ha'ts'ik-sEni huX k'saXt. Nhk-'c k"uL-i:i't ly 

her food. Then on.'e more again he went Then "'"™' J','),, 

aL lax-qal-huwi'lp. NLk-'t't liwaL dawi'si;m loopge. NLk-'e 14 

at on empty houses. Then he found an a.x of stone. Then 

huX hwtiL La dEin lia-le-d'a'udEt. Ni.k-'et le-da'k'Ltg-e. NLk-'e 15 

ai«„ h,. ,ful.) US handle. Then he on tied it. Then 

found 



14s BlUKAr OF AMKRICAX ETHNOLOGY tBri.i..27 

cikmI it (111 lii> wlictstoiic. aiitl ill the (noiiinir lie went to cut :i tree. 
He wiirkid iit it the whole day. In the evening it fell. Then he 
cut up ii small tree, niakini^ wedges. When he had finished them, 
he took them to the large tree. Then he found a stone iiammer. He 
tied it to its haiidle. and split the heart of the large tree. He spread, 
it out wide enough so that a man could pass through it. Then he 
s|)lit a small tree. He selected one that was not very tall. Then he 
phued these trees across the trail. There were two sticks that he had 
cut. These he put across the crack of the large tree.' Then he 
stopped. He went home and found the princes.s and the old gi-and- 



1 


he-yu'kt 


qiixt 


ai. sEl-16'opt. 


Ni.k""e yu'ksa. NLk' 


"e ie'et. 




hi' betran 


he shiiri'- 
erif<l it 


at his whclstoiie. 


Then evening. Then 


he 
went. 


2 


Ni-k*et 


(fatSL 


gan. K''elL 

u tree. One 


sa hwi'ltg"e. XLk'' 


e huX 




Then lie 


cut 


day he did so. Then 


again 


3 


k'*eli. yu'ksa. 


ni.k'e qe'uEXtg' 


e. NLk'*e xtse-ia'tsL 


qe'sguin 




..Ill- 


V.lliMK. 


tlu-n it fell. 


Then in raid- he chop- 
die ped 

e ai. dEiu sE-le'ttg"e. 


a small 


4 


gaii. N 


i.kT't 


wusEii-yis'ia'tstg" 


Hwii'i! 




inr. TlKli Ik- 


along c-luipiKil all 


li» t.I'ut. 1 make wedges. 


Well: 



5 i.Tx'Le'saEnt sE-le'ttg"e. Ni,k"'et lo-maqsa'ntg'e. NLk""et liuX 

He llnWied mak- hi.< Then he in placed them. Then he also 

iiig Hedges. 

♦; hwa'i, da'qLEiu lo'op. NLk*"et huX le-da'k"i,t aL i.a 

found a hammer stone. Then he also on tied it to 

T lia-le-d"a'dEt. Ni,k'"et l6-iiia'(|sani. le'tg'e. SEm-bagait-go'og"itL 

its handle. Then he in placed the Right in the he s|)lit 

wedges. middle 

.S i,e hwin-ts'ii'wuL wl-ga'ng'e. XLk""e wl-.sa'^t. KLk''e yukt 

the heart of the tree. Then much it split. Then he 

great began 

!• ox't. NLk'e wl-lo-la'it sEui-qalk'si-a'tsEgaL g'a'tg'e. NLk"'ct 



he struck 
it. 


Then great in- great 
side 




ver.v 


through 


fitted 


a man. 


Then he 


10 huX 


xtse-yi.s'ia'tsL qe'sguni 


gan. 


Xi'g-it 


SE-ne'ElEgut. 


NLk-"c 


again i 


in mid- chopped a i 




ill 


tree. 


Not he 


made it long. 


Then 


11 hwtl 


sg'ii. ((e'liEx. 




niLne' 


hwii 


sqa-sg'i'L 


ga'ng-e. 


» here 


la> the trail. 




then it 


where 


.side- lay 


the stick. 



li' Hwii'i! K'"e'lpEl gan xtse-yfs'ia'tsdEt. NLk""e lo-ma'qsaant 

Well: Tui> sticks in mid- he chopped Then into he put them 

die them. 

l;'. ai. hwil .sa'g:it wl-ga'ng'e lo-sqa-ax"o'yit. XLk""e hii'ut. 

lit where he split the tree in .side- he ham- Then he stop- 

great ways mered them. ped. 

14 Ni.k'e na-ie'etg't^'. HuX witk"t ai. awa'aL Lgo-wi'lk"siLk"g'e 

Then out of he went. .\gnin he at the pro.\- the princess 



I He split n large tree and opeiie<l the crack, which he spread apart by means of tv 
placing the whole on the trail which led up to the lake. 



BO^*"! TSIMSHIAX TKXTS 149 

mother. He did not speak and did not cat. It .t;-i-c\v dark, and l.cfnrr 
daylight he rose. He went and came to tlie shoi-e ot' the jrreat lake. 
He stood near the watm- and sliouted fonr times, lookinir up to 
the .sky. The water rose agaiii and. Indiold. tlie irreat fro^-- 
emerged. Its elaws were eopjier. Copper was its moiitli. its eyes, 
and its eyebrows. It wcTit i|uickly li>wai-d the .shore. Imt tiie poor 
little boy did not mind. Wlicn it had almost reached him. he ranaway. 
The frog almo.st .scratched lii> back. Now he arrived at tiie place 
where he had plaeed the tre(> across the trail, and he .slipped tliroiigli. 
Then the great frog also struggled to get through, trying to catch 
the poor little boy. It tried to s<|ucezc through the eraek of the 



qanL Lgo-nets'e'tstg'e. Nig'i a'lg'i.xt. ni,k""e aqi.-g'e'bK.t. Ni.k'"c 1 

and liis primilmnther. N""t liu spoke, tlicn M'itlKiiiI taid. Tlifii 

link- 
}ni'ksa La delpk"L dEm niEsa'x'; nLk''e g-in-hr''tk"tg"c - 

itwas (perf.l shortly ifiit.> (inyliijlu; tlii-ti !»■ m^i- 

evening 

hao'ng'e mEsa'x'g'e. K"'e ie'et. Ni.k""et hiiXt liwai. •'^ 

before daylight. Tlieii lie Tlieti asain he 

went. reaehed 

lax-ts'a'L wi-t'a'xg'e. Ni.k'T' huX uks-he'tk"tg'e. NLk''e txalpxi. ^ 

on the the lake. Tlu-ii .i^'iiin i.nvanl lie stood. Then four 

edge of great unii-r times 

wi-amhe't ai. tt"Lxk"t ai. lax-ha'g'e. Xi,k-*e hfi'ts'ik-sEm •"> 

loud voiee and he at the skv. Then once more 

shouted 

huX g"itk"L ak-s. (iwina'deL. huX g-a'bEni. wi-qana'og*e. '* 

again rose the water. BehoM. again emerged the frog. 

great 

OqL La ga-La'qstg-e. NLk-"e oqL a'qtg-e. NLk-"e huX ' 

Copper " its elaws. Then enpper its mouth. Then a!-.. 

oqL ts"a'alt. NLk-"e huX otii. le-g-e'Cdt. NLk-"e sKin- '^ 

copjier its eyes. Then nls., (opiuT its eyebrows. Then very 

tsagam-t'Em-ie'etg-t"'. NLk-"e tinsego'L i.go-guJi'Em Lgo-tk-"e'Lk". •' 

a,shore .luieklv it went. Then paid no the p.-.r little t".y. 

attention little 

La q'aji-q'aivi'm (|a-na'gut tgon. nLk-'e k-"axk"L Lgo-gua'Ein 1" 

When really near aM'ar a. this. then eM-aped Jhe p,».r 

■tk-"e'Lk". NLk-"e q'aivi'iii (|a(|a'pxani. (faiyim hak'a'ot. 11 

,„,y. Then "early it semtehe.l ■.■■ar hi-bael.. 

Hwa'i! Hwa'viL hwil s.|a-.sg-i'i. wl-ga'n. ni.k-"et qalk-si-ytVxk'i. 12 

Well: He found where side^- lay tW "tree. then through >«e,„ 

Lgo-oua'Em Lgo-tk-"e'Lk". Xi-k-T-t qalk-si-a'(iLk''tg-e. Ni.k-"e Vi 

the " poor little boy. Then he through got. Tleu 

de-qalk-si-L.V.-itk^L wi-qana'o aL dEin tse'k-'ii. g-idi-gf. u<Iki. 14 

also through struggled the frog in or.ler to try p.eateh 

Lao-o-ua'Em Lgo-tk-'e'Lk". Ni-k-'et l(-.-(ialksi-ha'<i"oaxt. NLk-et 15 

,L " ,„„,r liule bov. Then in through il squee-zed. 1 he.i 



LgO 

little 



150 



BIRKAT OF AMKKICAX ETHNOLOGY 



tri'C. When the poor little l>ov saw this, he returned, took hi.s stone 
hiininior. and striuk the stieks with whith he had spread the tree out 
of the oi-ack. They flew out and the great tree closed, killing the 
great frog. It could not get out again. When the poor little 
hov saw that it was dead, he put in the wedges and opened the great 
tree. Then he took out the dead frog. He laid it on its Ijack and 
skinned it. He left the claws on the skin. He finished, took the 
skin, and threw away the flesh. Then he took the skin in order to 
practice. He put his arms and his legs into it, and laced the chest. 
Then he went to the shore of the great lake and dived. He walked 



ga at, Lgo-gua Eiu 

little 

wl-ijana'o. XLk""e 



Lgo-tk"'e'Lk°t 

little boy 



hwTl 

being 



qalk "si-ha'q'oaxL 

through squeezed 



great 

ni.k''c 



Ni.kV- 

Theii 

NLk"e 

Then 



lo-ya'ltk"t. XLk""et goL daqLEtu lo'op, 

he returiie<l. Then he the hftnimer stone, 

took of 

m\i\ i.e lo-sqa-nia'qsaant aL wl-ga'ng'e. 

the pasti ill side- he put them in the tree, 

sticks ways great 

k".si-sa'k"skut. NLk''e hak'sEm ha'q'oaxL wi-ga'ng"e. 



ksi-a.\"o'xL 

out he struek 



out 



the 



went. 



iJlt 

Whel 



no oi. wi-(jana o. 

it was the frog, 
dead great 

g'a'aL Lgo-gua'Eni 

.saw the jMior 

little 



Ni'gi 

Xot 

Lgo-tk- 

little 



Dgaiii 

huX 



'i.k" 



closed the 

great 

uks-lo-ya'ltk"tg'e. 

iowar<l it returned, 
water 

hwil La no'ot, 

where (perf.) 



ha'k'sEin huXt lo-ina'q.saanL le'tge. 

oiiee more again in he put them the 

wedges. 

gouL Lgo-guii'Ein 



wi-ga nge. 

the tree. 



NLk-"et 

Then 



gri-at 

no'oL 



wi-qana og'e. 

wiLs the frog, 

dead great 

g'l'tge. Ni.k''et 

he laid it. Then 



Ilwii'i! 

Well! 

nLk''e 

then 

q'aqL 

Then again ..pened 

Lgo-tk""e'Lk" hwil La 

took the poor little Ik»v where (perf.) 

little 

NLk""et k'si-daa'qLk^tg'e. NLk''et ha.sba- 

Then out he got it. Then on its 



NLk-"e 



died 

huX 



ts'a'odetge: 

he skinned ii; 



txu-lo-ts"a'6detg'e. 

all in he skinned it. 



T.\a-le- 

.\11 on 



liax'hok.saa'iii. i.a (|a-iji'qstg"e. Hwii'il Lc'saantg'e. NLk""et go'uL 



aiia'stg'e. 

ii~>kin. 

aL (Ikiii 



(jascsa't't. 

hl.sfeel. 



NLk'T't t*uks-(Vx"L Le 

Then .>ut he 



suiax't. 

its flesh. 



NLk''et go'uL 

Then he took 



siwi'ltkstg" 

pnictiee. 

.NLk-Y't 

Then 



Ni.k'et 



Io-loo'ijuuIel 

in he put into it 



an'o'nt 

his hands 



aua'st 

its skin 



qailL 

and 



lax-ts'a'i. wi-t'a'x. 

1.11 edgeof llie lake. 



haXha'k"!, q'ae'Lktg'e. NLk^'e uks-ia't 

lie liiee.l its chest. Then toward he 

water went 

XLk"*e so'uqsk"tg"e. XLk"'e k'uL-da'uLt 

Then he dived. Then about he 

walked 



^"^1 TSIMSIIIAX TKXTS If,! 

on the bottom of the oi,.;it lake ;ui,l .-uuolit u tnmt. Tlu'i, li,. ivlunu-d. 
He went ashore camino- :i small tioiit. Then he took the >kiti olL 
He took good eaieof it. There was a tree that had a Im^r l„;,neh! 
He hung the skin of the great frog on it. 'I'lien he weTit h..nie. 
The princess was still askn^p. The poor iitth' l>oy stepped very softly 
and entered the house. He laid down the little trout in fmjit of the 
house. Then he entered seeretly and lay down. Karly in the m. .ru- 
ing the princess rose. She h(>ard a raven crying on tli(> beach. 
When she heard it. she said to the poor little boy. '-See why the 
raven is crying on the beach." The ])(.or little boy rose and went 
out. He went ti. the fn.nt of the li(iii-.e and. behold, a little trout 



aL lo-s"ia'nL wi-fa'xg-e. NLk-'et g-Tdi-gd'ui. la'Xg-e. Ni,k-'e 1 

on in Ihe the lake. Ttn-ii lio i-aUKht a tnmt. Then 

bottom of great 

lo-ya'ltk"t. NLk-"e ts"ak-sk"t. K"uL-yu'kdKL laX, i-go-t.s"o'osk-, -J 

he returned. Then lie went About he carried the a ^mnU 

"•'liore. (rout. little 

nig-i sEUi-wI-t"e'st. Xi.k-"et .sa-niaVaL nl lo-uVotgutg-e. 3 

not very large. Then oil he took (past) in was put on. 

NLk"'et sa-ma'gat. NLk''et sKmt-ama g'a'adKt. lIetk"L gii'ng'e. 4 

Then he off took it. Then he verv well lie saw it There ' a inf 

.stood 

NLk'"e .sa-he'tk"i, aiie'stg'e. Xei, hwilt le-ia'(|i, ana'sL wI-(jana'og"e :> 

Then off stood a branch. There where .in hniu: the skin the frog 

he of great 

aL hao'ng'e mE.sa'x'g'e. Nhk-'e na-iii't ai, ts'Kin-hwi'ljxletg'e. G 

at before daylight. Then out of he to in their house. 

woods went 

Q'ai-huw6'(|L Lgo-wi'lk"sii,k"g"e. SEin-tfa'ints'Kn k"nL-ie'ei. i.go- 7 

still slept the princess. Verv s.'cretlv alx.ut he the 

little went Mule 

guii'Eui Lgo-tk'"e'Lk''g'e. Safi'mT, ts'cnt ar. ts'Ein-lnvi'lpdetg'e ai. 8 

poor little bov. Slowlv he at in their holts*' and 

entered 

La Lesk"t sg"it Lgo-la'X ai, t[a-g'a'uL liwtlp. NLk'T' (pi'ints'Kii H 

he belaid the trout at in front of the Then -.cretly 

linished down little house. 

ts'ent. XLk""e g'ii'cLt. NLk'"e he'Luk. iiLk-"e ljVoxl 10 

he Then he lay Then nioniing. then r.*.' 

entered, d<iwn. early 

Lgo-wi'lk'siLk"g'e. XLk''e naxna'i. hwil ti'ig'ixL (|a(j aL 11 

the prinoes.s. Then she heard where s|>.ikc llie at 

little raven 

g-a'u. XLk-'e g-in-he'tk"t. iiaxna'yft hwfl a'lg'ixi. i|a(| ai, 12 

in front of Tlien she rose. she hear.i where s|wke the al 

the house. ™''>" 

g-fl'u. XLk-"e a'lg-ixt ar, Lgo-giia'Em Lgo-tk-"e'Lk": "G'a'aL, 13 

infnuuof Then she said to the 

the house. little 



an-ha'EL qaq ai, g'ii'u seI" \i,k""e 



raven 



Lgo-tk-'e'Lk". XLk-'e k'saXt. 

little boy. Then he went 



l.nor 


little lK>y; 


■■See. 




l,k--e 


g-iM-he'tk"L 


Lgo-gUi'i'Ein 


14 


■hen 


r..-e 


the I«or 
little 




Ni.k-' 


i' iaga-ie'et 


aL i(a-gT»'uL 


15 


Then 


down he 
went 


to in fn.ni of 

UotL-^* 





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[BULL.: 



was Iviiis; on the >aml. Tin' poor little boy took it and went up with 
it, uikI he entered and spoke to the princess, "The raven found a 
little trout"; l>ut he himself had caught it at the bottom of the lake. 
The poor little lioy had acquired for himself .supernatural power, but 
he did not want the prince.ss to know it, and she did not know it. It 
was evening again, and the poor little boy made ready to go. But 
the princess did not eat the little trout, only the poor little boy and 
his grandmother ate what the raven had found in the morning. Then 
they lay down. The princess lay in the rear of the house, and the boy 
la}' near the fire. In the evening the poor little boy rose and went 

1 hwi'Ipg'e. (rwina'deiJ i.go-lii'X .sisg'e't aL lax-a'u.s. NLk"'et 



2 gob Lgo-gua'Em i,go-tk •"e'Lk" 

took the r<>or little biiy. 



NLk-'e 

Then 



bax-de-ia'et. 

up also he 



NLk-'i 

Then 



3 ts'ent aL ts'Em-hwi'lpg'e. NLk'e 

he «t in house. Then 

entered 

4 Ma'bdKt t hwai- qfiq i.go-la'X. 

He told it found the a Irunt. 

raven little 

5 Lgo-guii'Em Lgo-tk'"e'Lk" aL 

the wwr little bov at 

little 

«) LEp-sE-nExna'got 

Self made super- 
natural 

7 hwila'yint aL 

it (o be known bv 



Lgo-gua Em 

the poor 
little 

LgO-Wl'lk"SlLk". 
the prineesji. 



a'lg'ixt aL 

he spoke to 

NLk-T-L 

Then, 
liowever. 

lo-s'iii'nL 

in bottom 
of 

Lgo-tk""e'Lk". 

little t)ov. 



Lgo-wi'lk"siLk". 

the princess, 

little 

iKp-g'idi-go'udEL 

self had caught It 

ts'Em-t'a'xg'e. 

in lake. 



Xi'g-it 

Not 



gun- 
he 



NLk--e 

Then 



nig'idet 

not she 



used 

hwilfi'xT. 

knew it 



8 Lgo-wi'lk"siLk"g'e. 

the princess. 



NLk''e 

Then 



huX Au'ksa, nLk""e sEui-gua'ldEm 

again evening, then very ready 



9 qii'odEt Lgo-gua'Eni Lgo-tk-'e'Lk". Mwii'il Nig-idet g*t"'ipL 



10 Lgo wi'lk'siLk" aL Lgo-la'Xg-e. K'-sax-Lgo-nts-e'ets fan g'e'ipt 

the princess of the trout. Onlv the grand- who ate 

little little " little mother 

11 (jauL Lgo-guji'Em Lgo-tk-'e'Lk" Le hwa'iL qaq aL he'Luk 



little found by raven 

12 da'uLg-e. Hwii'i! NLk'c la'Ldetg'e. Ci'its'a'n hwil 

a little while Well' Then thev lav In the rear where 

■f the house 

hwfl de-g'ii'eLL 



the 
morning 

g"a'eLL 

lav down 



lak" 



13 Lgo-wi'lk"siLk"g'e, k"'(l lax-ts'ii'L 

the prince-ss, then on edpe of lire 

little 

U guii'Em Lgo-tk-V''Lk". llao'nge nak"t 

poor little bi>y Before long 



where on his lav down 
part 

da yu'k.sa. k'"e 

evening. then 



huX 

again 



15 g'ln hf''tk"L Lgo-guii'Em 

msc the po<ir 

little 



Lgo-tk"'e'Lk". 

little bov 



XLk-Y- 

Then 



huX 

again 



^""^'i TSIMSHIAN TKXTS 1 TjR 

out again. Then ho found tho <rmit skin of tho fniu- a,,,! ,,„( it ,,ii. 
Ajrain he went to the shoiv ot' the great lake and dived. Hi- walked 
about on the bottom of the lake and cauyht a trout, a littl.' larirer on.'. 
Then he went ashore again. Again lie put off the skin and hiuig it .m 
the branch of the tree. He went home again and laid it on the .sind in 
front of the house. The poor little boy entered secretly and lav down. 
When the day broke, a raven wsis crying on the beach. The princess 
heard it and said to the poor little boy, "Go and hear why the raven 
is crying on the beach." The poor little boy went down again, although 
he himself had caught in the lake what the raven found on the licach. 
He went down and took it. Then he returned again and entered. He 



NLk'Vt huX hwaL hwil le-ia'qL wl-ana'si, tjana'o. NLk'"et 1 

TliL'ii again lie found where on hung the skin llie frot;. Then 

great of 

huX gula't. NLk''et ha'ts'ik'sEin huX uks-ie'et aL la.x-ts'ii'i, 2 

Then once more again toward he al on edge of 

water went 

wT-t'a'x. NLk"'e huX so'u(isk"t. NLk""e huX k"iiL-da'uLt aL 8 

the lake. Then ajjain he dived. Then again about he at 

great walked 

ts'Em-s'iii'nL wi-t"a'x. Hwii'i ! NLk""e huX g"idi-g6'ui, IfiX 4 

in the bottom the lake. Well! Then again lie caught a Irout 

of great 

Lgo-q'ai-ts'5'sg'im wi-t'e's. NLk''e huX ts'ak"sk"t. NLk'"e huX 5 

a still small great. Then again he w,-nl Then again 

little a.-hor,.. 

sa-mii'gat. NLk'"e ha'Is'ik'sEm huXt le-ia'tit. Ni,k'"e huX ti 

off he took it. Then once more again on he Then again 

hung it. 

na-iii'et. NLk-'e ha'tsik'SEmt huX sg-it ai. lax-a'us ai. 7 

out of he Then once more again he laid at on the nt 

woods went. it sjind 

qa-g-a'uL hwilp. N'Lk-T- ha'k-sEm huX (I'am-ts'e'ni, i.go- 8 

in front of llie Then once more again secretly entered 



house of 



htlle 



guil'Em Lgo-tk-'e'Lk". NLk-"e huX .i"a'ints"Kn g-e'eLt. NLk-'e !t 

poor little hoy. Then again -.r.-ily he lay Then 

q'ai-ank-.siu'kt mKsa'x'. nLk-'i"> huX a'lg-ixi. tiaq ai. g-ii'ii. lo 

still was spread the then again spoke the at in front of 

out daylight. raven the house. 

Nik-'et huX naxna'L Lgo-wi'lk'siLk". NLk-'e huX a'lg-Jxt 11 



aL 



aL 



Then again heard it the princes.*. Then again .-oe ^e. 

little 

Lgo-o-u;i'Em Lgo-tk-'e'Lk": ••Hwila'xT. an-ha'eL qa<i 12 



poor 



little 



ff-a'u se!" NLk-"e huX iaga-da'uLL Lgo-gua'Eui 13 

O .... .* .1... ■..-.r 



I front of 

house '■"" 

Lo-o-tk-"e'Lk". ALk-"tl ntl fan lEp-g-idigO'ut ai. ts Kui-t a'x. 14 

little boy. Although he who self <aught it in in the hiLe 

NeLne'L hwa'iL qfiq. NLk-'e ia'<ra ie'et. NLk-'et gO'ut. 15 



Then it was the Tin 

found by raven. 



he to 



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laid it lii'fon' the old urraiuliiiothoi'. who split it and roasted it: luit tlu? 
piiiitos did not cat. only the old crrandniother and the poor little Iw}' 
ate of it. He did so every nijrht. Then he tinished catching- trout in 
tile lake. 

One nijrht he went out aji^ain and found the skin hanyinuf on the 
liraneh. He put it on and went down the river, the outlet of tht> great 
lake, at the l)ottoiu of the water. He went down to the sea; then he 
walked about on the liottoin of the sea and caught a .salmou. Before 
(Liylight he laid it down in front of the house. Then he went up the 
river again under the water. He went ashore out of the great lake 
and took otf the great frog'.s skin and hung it up. He went home 
and arrived before daylight. He entered secretly and lay down. 



NLk-"e 

Thi-ii 



ha'k'SEUi 

once morL' 



huX 

again 



lo-ya'Itk"t. 

lu' reiunu-il. 



K-'e 

Then 



huX 

tixain 



ts ent 

he 
entered 



ts'Eni-hwi'lpt. NLk''e sg'it aL awa'ai. Lgo-nts"e'ts 

in hU house. Then he hiiil at proximity the gnind- 



XLk-"et 

Then 



^'go-g 


ua 


Km 


the 
little 


poor 


ts'Eni 


-f 


a'x. 


in the 


1; 


«ke. 



:} (|"!ii.i, i.go-nts'e'ets. XLk""et ia'odEtg'e. NLk"'e huX lugidet 

split It the grand- Then she bigan to Then again not 

little mother. roast it. 

4 g'e'ipL i.go-wi'lk"siLk"g'e. K'sax-Lgo-nts'e'ets t"an g"e'ipt (jaiiL 

ate it the prinee:*.*;. Only the grand- who ate it and 

little ' little mother 

5 Lgo-gua'Em Lgo-tk""e'Lk". Txane'tk"L axk" hwilL 

the i>oot little Im.v. Evi-rv niirlit he did 

little so 

(5 Lgo-tk''e'Lk". NLk'"e uit lo-qa'odEnL laX aL 



NLk'V' huX iii'et aL k"'elL axk". NLk^'e huX hwaL hwil 

Then again he at ime night. Then again he where 

went found 

le-ia'qt. >«Lk'"e ha'ts'ik'sEm huX lo-L6'6tk''t. XLk'"e g"rsi-y6'xk"'L 

un it Then i>nce more again in he wits put. Then down he 

hung. river followed 

ts"Em-a'k"s ui anLla'gaL wl-t"a'xg"e. At na-qa'oL lax-ino'on. 

iti water the outlet of the lake. He out of went on the sea. 

great woods 

NLk""e huX k'uL-dii'ui.t ai. t.s"Eo'yuX. NLk-'e g"idi-go'uL han. 

Then again alxmt he at the bottom. Then he caught asalm- 

walked on. 

NLk"*et huX sg'it aL i|aga'uL hwilp aL hao'ng'e niEsa'x". 

Then again he laid at in front of the house at before daylight, 

it thehou.<eof 

Ni.k-'e ha'k'sEHi huX irali-yo'.xguL t.s'Eui-a'k's. 

Then once more nguin tip he followed in water. 



NLk-'i 

Then 



huX 

again 



ts"ak'sk"t aL 



lax-ts"a'L 

on edge of 



wl-t"a'x. 



NLk-'et 

Then 



huX 

again 



sa-nia ^l 

olT he put 



ii-hnrt- great 

wi-ana'sL ((ana'oge. NLk T> ha'k'sEiu huX le-ia'(it. XLk""t"' huX 



great 

im-ii"'<"t. NLk"'i 

nut of he Then 



Then 

witk"t 



agani 



The 



himg It. 

hao'ng'e niEsa'x'. NLk'"!" huX 

before daylight. Then again 



""'^l TSIMSIUAX TKXTS 355 

When the day broke, the prhuvss r«.e. Aj,rain sl„. heard the rav..,. 
crying- on the beaeh: th.Mv wen- evn two ravens. She .-alh-.l th.> 
poor httle boy.sayino-. -Se,. xvhy th.^ ravens are ervinjj „„ ,]„> i„>a,.h " 
Again he rose and went (h,wn. Th.-r.. was the sahnon that h.- him- 
self had caught in the sea. He t,,ui< it and went up. He enl..red 
carrying it. and hiid it down near tiie old gi-aiuhiiother. She si)lit it 
and roasted one-half. WIlmi it was done, siie addressed the prin.-ess 
wanting her to eat of it. and she ate witli them. The poor littl.^ boy 
and the old grandmother ate one end: the prinees-s ate the other end. 
He did so every night. Then the ])rineess noticed that the skin of the 
poor little boy began to b.. very rlean. One night she did not sleep. 



q'a'mts'En ts'ent. XLk-"e huX (j'amtsV.n g-e'ei.t at, ui delpk"r, 1 

secretly ho entere.L Then again seiTelly lu- l,iy at 1 pert. 1 short 

dEui hwil uiEsa'x-. Qal-ank-siu'ki. dnin niKsa'x-. n[.k-"e -2 

(fut. I being .laylight. still was sprea.l .>m , im. , , .laylight. il„-ii 

huX g-in-he'tk"i. Lgo-wi'lk-sh,k". Ni.k-Tt liuX naxna'i. hwil 3 

«S"'" '■"^■- jj{>e^^ princevv rii.i, ai:aiTi she hear.l wh.-re 

a'lg-ixL (ifiq: (fai-t"Epxa'i. (la'qg-t"-. .Ni.k-T"t luiX <ro'g.>aani. 4 

spoke the even tu.. ravens. Then again aw..k.- 

raven: 

Lgo-wi'lk'siLk" Lgo-gua'Eni i.<ro-tk-T''i.k". Ni,k'"e a'lo-'ixt- 5 

iSu, ^^^-^ iSX ' ""■' "'"'■ '■•"' ""■" ^""'''^- 

"Hwihl'x'L an-hii'L i[iu[ ai. g-ii'u!" Xi.k-'e huX g-in-he'tk"t. ti 

"Leam what savs Ilie at in fmnt nf Then again lie nwe 

raven llie li..iise:- 

XLk'"e iaga-iii'et. Gwina'deL. han i.e lEp-g-idi-go'udEt ai, 7 

Then down he Beliold. tlie sell" he had euugln it al 

went. salmnn 

lax-ino'ong'el XLk'"et go'ut. Xi.k-"e ba.\-de-ia'et: Mi.k''»" de- 8 

on the seal Then he took it. Tlien nj. with he llieii with 

it went: it 

ts"e'nt. XLk'"et sg'it aL awa'ai. i.go-nts"e'etst. XLk'"et (jai.t. !' 

he Then he laid at Ihepro.x- his grandmother. Then ~he 

entered. it down iinity of little .^plit ii. 

NLk'"et ia'odEL Le sto'ot. NLk""e a'nukst. Ni.k-'e a'Ig'ixi. 1" 

Then she roasted one half. Then it was done. Then -j-.k.. 



Lgo-nts"e'etst det-gun-g'e'ipt ai. i.go-wi'ik'sn.k". Xi.k'T't de-gT'Tpt. 11 

his grandmother also eaused to eat it at the prin<-es>. Then also -lie at.- il. 

little little 

Kvsax i.a (['apL de-g'e'tpL i.go-gua'Kiii i.g()-tk'"e'i.k" i|aiii. 1- 

Only jperf.) one end on ate the 1 r littl.' l«.y and 

theirpart little 

Lgo-nts"e'etst. Hwii'il K"'e g'e'ti)!. i.go-wi'Ik-sii.k" iji qaj). '-^ 

his grandmother. Well! Then ate the priin-e.-s the end. 

little httle 

T,xane'tk"L axk"r. hwi'ltg-e. Xi.k'T- llTk-s-g-a't"Kni. i.go-wi'lkvsTi.k" 1+ 

Everv night he did so. Then tinik nr)liee the prinei-vs 

little 

hwil La sak-.sk"L anfi'sL Lgo-gua'Kni i.go-tk'"e'Lk". XLk"'e 15 

being iperf. ) elean the skin the i>o(.r little boy. Then 

01 little 



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(bull. 27 



)>ut fhe watched him until iiiidiiiirht. He was no longer a boy. Imt a 
youth. Now she .saw that he wa.s very clean. She .saw that not long 
after dark the poor little boy rose. She was still watching when he 
reentered. She was unable to .sleep, and u little before daylight the 
poor little boy entered the house. He lay down again, but the prin- 
ce.ss did not sleep. Now it was daylight, and the raven cried on the 
beach. Then the primess herself ros(> and went out. She went down 
to the beach. Behold, a liirge salmon hiy in front of the house on the 
.sand. The priiice.ss herself took it, and she entered, carrying it. while 
the poor little boy was still hing down. She said. '"Risel" Then 
the j)oor little boy rose. The princess .said to him. ■" I wish to ques- 



nigi huX waqt. NLk"'et six'g"a'adEt; La k""eda'uL axk". nLk''e 

not ngain she slept. Then she «-atche<i when middle night then 



2 nig'i 



waqL 

slept 



Lgo-gua Ein 

the itoor 
little 



LgO-Wl'lk"SlLk" 
the princess 

litUe 

Lgo-tk'"e'Lk"; l 

little boy; (pe 



at 



.six'g'a'adEt 

watched 

'•i huX 



hwil 



Lgo-tk""e'Lk". La 

a boy. (piTf.) 



ts'o'usg'im wi-t'e'st. Nxk^'et g"a'at hwil La sEra-.sa'k"sk"t. Haon 

u llttic lar^e. Then she saw being (perf.) ven- clean. Before 



g'i-na'k"t Lda yu'ksa, nLk"'et 

long when evening. then 

huX gMn-he'tk"L 



Lgo-gua Em 



.six'g'a'adEL 



dEUl 

(fut.) 



hwil 

where 



poor 

huX 

again 



a'aL Lgo-wi'lk"siLk". hwil La 

princess, where (perf.) 

NLk""et q"ai- 

Then still 



the 
little 

Lsjo-tk'-e'Lk". 



little 

ts'ent. 

he 



delpk"!, 

shortly 

NLk-\- 

Then 

NLk-T- 



entered 

dEm mEsa'x". de-ts*e'nL 

(fut.) davlight, on his entered 

part 

huX g'ii'eLt. iiLk'i" nig'i huX 

again he lay then not again 



boy. 

Ilwii'i! 

Well ! 



Lgo-gua Ein 

the poor 
little 

waqr. 

slept 



niEsa X' 

daylight. 



nLk""c 

then 



huX a'lg'ixL 

again spoke 



piq 



K''e .sa'eqt La 

Then she was (perf.) 
unable to sleep 

Lgo-tk""e'Lk". 

little iKiy, 

Lgo-wi'lk".siLk". 

princess, 

NLk''e 

Then 



little 

jrii'u. 



lKp-g-iii-he'tk''L Lgo-wi'lk-.siLk". NLk*"e k'saXt. NLk"'e iaga-iii'et. 



princes; 



(iwina'deL. 

Behold. 

lEp-go'uL 

self look it 



wi-ha'n 

salmon 



sisg-i't 
lying 
large 

LgO-Wl'lk"SILk". 
the princess. 



Then 

out. 

aL qa-g'ii'ut aL 

at in front of at 

the house 

NLk""e de-ts'e'nt 

Then with she 



lax-a'usl 

on the 



NLk-"et 

Then 



q ai-g"ig"e eL 

Btlll lying 



"(T-fn-he'tgunl" 



Lgo-guii Em 

the poor 

little 

NLk-'e 

Then 



Lgo-tk**e'Lk". 

little bov. 



aL ts'Em-hwi'lp 

at in the 

house 

NLk'"r>t a'lg'ixt: 

Then she spoke: 



g"in-he'tk"i, 

rose 



Lgo-gua Ein 

the poor 
little 



Lgo-tk"'e'Lk". 

little boy 



^°-^*'J TSIMSHIAX TKXTS 157 

tion you." The poor little hoy >at down no:ir to her. and tin- piinru.ss 
said to him. "I know tlmt you found tiio tfout and the small salmon. 
The raven did not find them on the heaeh. Now I have found a lar<'<< 
salmon. I know that you have yot many trout. Vou killed them. 
My grandmother dried many salmon, and 1 iiave found this lar;^'e 
salmon." Then the poor little boy .said. '• It is true. My uncle treated 
us thus. He deserted you and me and my jrvandmother. We wei-e 
■without food, therefore I went into the woods. I came to a hirifc 
lake. Then 1 shouted, and a great frog emerged. It swam ashore 
and I killed it. I skimied it. and I put on its skin. Then I caught 
trout and salmon and 1 became verv clean. Now 1 am <rreat. Von 



NLk""e a'lg'ixL Lgo-wi'lk'siLk" as ne'tg'e 

Then spoke the princess i.. him: ". 
little 

d'liL Lgo-gua'Em Lgo-tk^'e'i-k" 

poor little 1m 'V 



Deui 

i Flit. I 



•r''da.\a 1 



ne En. 



NLk- 



ai, awa'at. 



little 



NLk"*e a'lg'ixL Lgo-wi'lk'siLk" 

Then spoke the princess 

little 



as 



ne tg'e: 

him: 



( Perf. < 



hwila'yi 

I know 



ne'En fan dEdo'qL laX qanL seso'seiu han. neH, huwa'ii. 

yon who cansht the and small sjilnion, not loim.l by 
trout 

Hwii'il ui huX hwa'e wI-t'e'sEm ban 

Well ! I Peri. '• again found a larv'e salmon 



aL g'a u. 

at in front of Well ! ' Perf. ' asain foinid 

the house. by me 

aL gon. Hwii'il La wI-he'lL laX g'ldi-do'gan. La hwila'yi 

at now. Well! Peri. 1 many trout yon cangiit. i Perf. i I know 



qaq 

the 
raven 



heva'tst. La huX wi-he'lL 

'erf. I also many 



hiin gwa'lk"dEi 

siilmon dried 



ne En t an 

von who killed 

them. 

nts'e'Etse. La huX hwa'e wI-t"e'sEm han." NLk-"e a'lg'ixi. 

my grand- (Perf.) again found a large salmon. Then «|«:ike 

mother. hy me 

Lgo-guii'Em Lgo-tk-"e'Lk": " la'gai-net! Hwil hwi'ls dp;p-l)e'Ehe 

hUIe bov; -However it is Thus did my uneli-s 



the 
little 



po( 



as ne'En qans ne'E (jans ts'e'edze. 8ak"sta'q.sdet ne'Kii 

to you and me and my grand- They de.serte<l you 

mother. 

qans in">'E tjans ts'e'Eilze. .Ni.k-T' aqL-g-e'b»;n. nLtjan hwi'leE. 

and me ami my gratui- Tlieu with- food you. there- I did s... 



UL 



g-ile'lix- 

into the 
woods. 



Nik-"e 

Then I 



NLk'"e g-a'bEiii. wi-tjana'o. Ni.k 

Then emerged u frog. 'I he 

great 

dzak"t. >ik-"e' tsa'odEt. nELne't 

killed 11 1 then skininMl ii, that 



do'qL laX ([aiii. 

caugnt trout and 



han. 

s.<ilmoii. 



hwaL wi-t"a'x. NLk'"e 

found a lak". Then 

wtraiii-la'(|t. Ni.k 

ashore it swam 

'(-i/j'otgue. 

1 I was put. 

Ni.k'"e i.a sEm-sa'k"sku(" 



qe'Lxkut". 

I shouted. 



Nik •■<-■■ g-i.li- 

Theu I 



The 



-Pert. I 



Hwii'i! iJi 

Well ' Perl 



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biiM' taken notice of me." The princess replied. "You .-hull iiiariy 
me." and lie ai,'rced. Ho married her and he was now a man: lie was 
no ionj^er the jMjor little hoy. 

He eauj^ht many salmon, and the house was full. Tin ii in- lilli'd 
another house. He went into the .sea, and caught iiuUliead. He 
dried many, 'i'hen he went to catch halibut, and they dried many. 
He ohtained every kjnd of tish, and caught a great many. Four 
houses were full of provisions. Then he went to catch .seals, and he 
caught a very great number. He put them into another house. Now 
he went to catch porpoises, and placed them in another hou.se. Then 
he went to catch sealions. and they obtained a great many large water 



wI-tV.se gon. La liks-g"a't'EnEn ne'E gon."' NLk"'e 

irroiii I now. (Perf.) yon have taken of me iinw." Then 

notice 

de'lEniK.xk"!, Lgo-wi'lk'.siLk": ""Hwii'il iji a'm niE na'k'.sgucE!" 

replied the iiriiicess: •Well: i Pen. i good vou marrvmel" 

little 

XLk''e , iM imii'qt. NLk""et nak"sk"t. NLk""«" qa'ne-hwila hwil 

Then (|ierf.) he Then he married her. Then always being 

agreed. 

g'a'tg'e ui ni'g'i huX Lgo-tk"'e'Lk"'t. 

a man (perf.) ma «Kaiii a bov. 

little 

Hwa'il NLk'"e wi-he'ldEi. haii dza'ptg'e, La metk"L hwilp. 

Well! Then many >almoii he made, fperf.) full was the 

house. 

NLk"'e huX motk"t huX k'"eli, hwilp. La qa'oL ts'Em-a'k's 

Then uKaiii full was at-aiii one house. I'erf. i he went in water 

to 

n\. lax-mo'on. NLk''e g"idi-go'ui. mas-(j"aya'it. NLk'"!" huX 

I" on sea. Then he ealiKlil bullhead. Then «f;uin 

wi-he'ldEt at gwa'lgut. XLk"e huX ija'oL txox'. XLk-'r- liiiX 

many he ilried. Then airain he went halibut. Then anain 

( to eateh i 

wI-he'ldEt at gwa'lgut. La t.sadEba'ant lo-hwilEm ts"Em-a'k"s. 

tnany he dried. (Perf. i he obtained everv in being in water. 

kind of (fish) 

XLk-\"> uv sEm-wi-he'l(lEL dzapt. La txalpxL huwi'lp 

Then ijierf. I very :nany be made. (Perf.i four houses 



iiwil niKtme'tk"t. 

LeiriK full. 



ni.k- 



t(|'al-i|a'6L clx. K"'e ia'gai- 

atiainst he seals. Then h.iw- 



si-,m-k-Vi-wi-he'ldEi. at dzapt. Hwii'i! La huX k-"eli. hwilp hwil 

*'f> i;'< many he made. Well I iPerf.) again one hon.se where 

eeedinKly 

lo-d(Vxt. XLk'et huX tqal-qii'odEL dzlX. XLk-"e huX wi-he'ld 

'" ""•.* Then again against he iwr- Then again manv 

"ere went poi.se. 

t hwil dzapt. XLk-Y" huX k-"elL hwil lo-do'xt. Hwii'i! 

where he Then again one where in thev Well! 

nnule. were. 

XLkV' huX ttfal-qa'odEL t'e'bEU. Hwa'i! Xcl hwil . x.stuL 

Then again against he sealions. Well! Thai lH;ing gained 



BO^s] TSIMSHIAN IKXTS ]")'.( 

animals. ]\I:uiy limiscs wnc lull of sculion i^ioum'. Iifcausc tlic >i';i- 
lions are V(Mv l:u uc. 'I'hrn he ^dt whales, lie uhtaiiicd vciv iiiaii\ . 

Now thoy liad two cliihlrcii. ami for a Ioiil;- tiiiif In- caui^lit animals 
with his hands. Suddenly lie tM'caine very lired. He told his wife, 
and she heean to woiTy.and feliid^ed her hnsl)and. sa\ ine. " I'lease 
stop": hut lie eaiieht four laree wliale> and there wa- a siiiell of 
grease all alone' the lieaeli in front of their hoir-.e>. '1 he liult- of the 
trees where he liad carried up the meat and the fat of wliah's were full 
of grease. Fxjnes were lying ahout in front (d' hi- house, and the 
grease from the whales covered the water of the -ea. 

Now. many of the ))eo])le who. with hi- nnid<\ had deserted hini 



dza'ptg'e aL hwil La dzapi. k'"ri-wi-t"e'sEni lO-hwi'lEm l 

he mafle nt wlier-/ H'erf. i hi' niailt- *-x- lurf.-.* in tioiiiK 

.•f.-iHllKl.V (WRilTi 

ts'Em-a'k's. Hwii'il Wi-he'ld hwil lo-do'xi. hix'i. t'e'hEii 2 

in water. Will' Many ivlier.' hi tiny f.it of sealinn 

animals) werr 

aL hwil k'Ti -wi-t'e'st. llwii'i! NLk'T't liuX g"idi-gO'uL 3 

because ex- Inrge. Well! Then HKuin he eaURhl 

eeeilingly 

Lpen. NeL hwil sEm-k'"a-xstri'L dzapt. 4 

whales. That Ijeins very ex- gained he niacli-. 

eeedingly 

NLk-"e La hagade'lL Lg-i'tg-e. Ni'g'i drdpk i, hwi'itg'e. 5 

Then intrf, i 'tun ehildren. N.it a >hort he iliii so, 

while 

neL qan i/a wihr-'lL dzapt aL airo'ntg'e. Ni.k''et nia'LEL tj 

theref.ire iperf. i mu.l, he made with hi> han.l-. Tlien he 1..M 

La sa-Lgu'ksk"tg-e. NLk-"et ma'i.Et aL iiak-st. NLk'T' 7 

(perf.) sudden- hewasover- Then h.- lul.l n. hiswii.-. Th.n 

ly tired. 

lf)-aIi'sk"'L (la'odEL na'k-stg-O. NLk'T't la'elL iiak-.st: •'AniL La 8 

in weak heart nf his wife. Then she her "GikxI (perf.i 

relinked hnshand: 

dEm ha'un !" La tx-alp.xL wI-Lpe'n hiiX g-idi-d(V(|tg-e. ui !» 

,fu,.) s,,,,,!" ,Perf.) four large whales al-o heeaught. . IVrl. 

SEm-i'sk"L qa-g-a'uL hwi'lpdetg-e. Lig-iiiiKtmo'tk"L (la-nn'-iiL 10 

mueh stench in front of their houses. .Ml full were ih.- I.nit. 

houses of ever ol 

ganga'n aL hwil bax-hwi'lgaL hi"'ya Lpen .lani. txati."'tk"L H 

the trees at wluTe u,. he carri.-d fat of whal.. a.ei all 

qa-sma'x-t. K'saxL (|a-ts"e'pt hwil g'i-do'xt ai. liaL-(|a-g-:i'uL li' 

, iiolv bones wh.r.- lav at al..ng the troiil of 

'"""• '""> " the holls.' of 

hwilpt. NLk-T' metk"L laxina'on tii. invil iaga-he'tk"L fehi 13 

hishottse. Then mllitwa. on sea heeanv down st,«xi fa.of 

Lpen aL lax-ma't'm. " 

whale at on sea. 

NLk-'e La wi-h.''lt hwil dtiXi. fan t.s'En.sdu'k 'I 1.", 

Then iperf.) many where dea.l who 'xXimui 



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HIKKAI' OK AMKRICAN KTHNOLOGY 



wiTc dead. His uncle wiis a very great chief. Now his uncle thought 
that ills daughter, the poor little bo}-. and the grandmother were 
dead, and he spoke to his people. The chief had lost many of his 
people, because there was no food. Many of them and all the children 
were dead. One day. early in the morning, some people started 
<o look after the princess, the poor little boy. and the grand- 
mother. They were traveling in four canoes. They were approach- 
ing the place. When they were still far from the shore, they .saw 
grea.se on the surface of the water. They noticed it. When they 
approached the town, they saw several houses full of dried .salmon, 
trout. Iialiltut. and l)ulllie:id. and others in which was the grease of 



1 hwil 
a nebe'pt. 



hoksk"!. wl-nebe'pt. SEm-k-'a-wi-t'e's 


hwil 


sKm'ii'g'its 


thfv wcri' Kri-at his mother's Ver>- ex- great 
wii'hhliii brother. eeedingly 


being 


chief 


NLk'e ha-le-qa'ts nebe'pt 


tsE 


i,a no'oL 


'8 Then he thought hLs mother's 

brother 


if 


(perf.) wa.s 
dead 



Lga'aLk"! qani, Lgo-guii'EUi Lgo-tk'X''Lk" qanL Lgo-nEts"e'etst. 

hU ehild nml the ixmr little boy and the grandmother, 

little little 

sEm'ii'g'itg'e at i.e ts'apt. La .sEm-gwa'tk^Le 

the chief to his (Pcrf.) much he lost 

people. 

dEm g'e'ipdetg'e neLqan 

(tut.) their food, therefore 



XLk''e 

Then 

ts'apt 

his 
people 

La wi-hc'lL 

(|>erf. ) many 

XLk-"e 

Then 



a'Ig-ixL 

spoke 

sEm'a'g'it aL nig"i 

the chief at not 



hwil 

being 



daXt 

dead 



sg-il. 

there 
was 

((anL 



txane'tk"L 

all the 



k'opE-tk'"e'Lk". 

little children. 



a'd"rk\sk"L hwil 



niEsa X". 

daylight. 



K'"et sig"a'tk"L qal-ts'a'p 

Then started the people 

dEm t'an g'a'aL Lgo-wi'lk"siLk", cjanL Lgo-guii'Em Lgo-tk"*e'Lk'' 

ifut.l who (would) the princess and the poor little boy 

.see little little 

Lgo-nets'e'et.st. Lo-txalpxdfi't Le ts'apL sEm'ii'g'it aL 

anoes the people the chief to 



t|anl 

und 

dEm 

' (lit. I 

yu'kdet 

111. y went 

Nl,k-"e 

Then 



little 

t'an 



gmndmolhe 



g-a'at. 

who wiiulil 

see it. 

aL g-T'iks. 

from off shore. 

lik's-g'a'd'Eiidet 

Ihev tmik notice 



NLk-"t 

Then 



lo-ba'xt 

they ap- 
proached 

K''e gji'adcL 

Then they sjiw 



■eopli 

q"ai-hwagai't-tsE-tsagam- 

still far toward 



t'elx- 

grea.se 



hwi'lttr'e. NLk"'e 



aL lax-o'L 

on on top 

lo-ba'xdet aL 

:hey apprt^ched at 



K'*et g'a'adcL (|abe'L luiwt'lp hwil niEtme'tk"!. 

being full 



qani. gwa'lgwa 

and .Iry 



'veral 

laX 



ma on. 

the sea. 

ts'ap. 

the 
town. 

gwa'lgwa hiin 

drv salmon 



mas-ii aya'it 

bullhead 



(|Sini. 



hwil 

where 



laiii. gwa'lgwa 

ati.l dry 

1 lo-daxdo'xi. 



txox' 

halibut 

he'ya 

fat of 



tiani. 

and 



elx 

seal 



gwa'lgwa 

dry 

(lani. hwtl 

and where 



""^'^ TSIMSHIAX TKXTS l,;i 

seals, of porpoises, of sealions. and of whales. Ho had verv nmcb 
because he had caught four wiiales. 1I,> l,a<l ,.uuirht veiv muVh with 
his hands. Then his uncle's people landed. Thev told hin. that n.anv 
of the trihe were dead. They entered his h()us(> and he f.Ml theni 
Then they ate dried salmon, fat of the seal, and fat of the porpoise, 
and of the whale. Then he presented them with dried halil.ut. I.ull- 
head. and trout. He gave presents to tho.sc whom he had invited 
in. He gave them fat of the seal, porpoise, sealion, and whale, 'j-hen 
they started and left him. They landed at the place where the chief 
was living. Then the people came to the beach and told him that the 



lo-daxdo'xL he'ya dzlX qaiii, hwil lo-da.xdo'xi. he'va 1 

i" »'«s fat of ,,or- >,ii.l wli.T- it, w„. („i"„f 

pais,/ 

t'e'bEng-e qanL hwil lo-daxdoxi. he'va i.pen. NKi.nc't 2 

sealion and «h.T.- in «„s fatof wlmli-. Tlu-ii 

SEm-k-'a-xsta't aL hwil i.a txalpxi, t'e'sKui i.pen g-idi-do'qtg-e. 3 

very e.xeeed- he „t ulure , perf. , four large whales hcraURht." 

ingly gained *" 

NLk-'e sEm-k-'a-xsta'L dzapt ai- ano'ntg-e. Ni.k-'e k-'atsk"i. 4 

Then very exceed- he he made wiili his hands. Then landi-d 

ingly gained 

ts'aps nebe'pt. Ni,k-"et mfi'LEL k-"atsk"t hwil i,a lo-nooi, 5 

the his uncle. Then they told thev landed being (pert) in dewl 

people of 

Le ts'aps nebe'ptg-e. NLk-"e la'mdzixt ai, hwilpt. NLk-'et t! 

the people his unele. Then they entered in his hiiuse. Then 

g-ina'mL g-e'iptg-e. Xr,k-"e txa oxdetg-r.. (iwa'lgwa ham, 7 

he gave food. Then thev ate. Iirv .•salnum 

them 

g-e'ipdetg'e: nLk-"t" he'ya elx g'e'tpdet; ni.k-"e he'ya dziX S 

they ate: then fat of seal tlieyal.'; tlu-n fat of |H)r- 

l-oisi- 

g'e'ipdet; nLk""e he'ya i.pen g'e'ipdet. Ni.k-"(" k'.sixt-g'ina'iui, 9 

they ate: then fat of whale they ate. Then only he gave them 

gwa'lgwa txox' (jam, gwa'lgwa inas-ti'aya'ii. (jani, gwa'lgwa 10 

dry halihut and dry l.nllhea.l. and .Iry 

laX. la'eqdet aL gul-g"anc'i, wo'otk"lg"e. Xi,k''et k'.sax-gMna'ini. 11 

trout. He dlstrih- t'> all who were invited. Tlien only he gave 

uted il 

txane'tk"L he'j-a elX qani, he'ya dzlX (|anr, lie'ya fr-'liKn 1- 

all fat of seal and fat of porpoise anri fat of sealion 

qam, he'ya Lpen. NLk"'e sig'a'6tk"i, \vo'otk"tg'e. Ni,k'"e 13 

and fat of whale. Then Ihi-v sliirl<-d who harl been Then 

invited. 

da'uLdetg'e. NLk-'e k-"a'tsk"det ai, hwil dzotji, sEm'a'g"it. 14 

they left. Then tiiey hilided at where stayed the chief. 

NLk-"t" ia'ga-laxla'qi, (jal-ts^a'p. Ni.k-"e marji'ask''detg-e 15 

Then down came the fieople. Then they were told 

B. A. E., Bi-LL. 27— Ol' 11 



162 HIRKAf OK AMKKUAX KTHXoLOGY [BrLL.27 

town of the young niiin was full of drioil trout, salmon, halilnit. and 
l)ullh»'ad. and of fat of the seal, porpoise, sealion. and whale, that 
the luitts of the trees snielled of meat of the whale, sealion. porpoise, 
and seal that was lying- almut. and that four houses were full of dried 
trout, halihut. and bullhead. When the chief heard this, he was very 
glad, and he wa.s also glad when he heard that his daughter had two 
children. He said to his people. "Let us move again." The great 
slave went out and ordered the people to move back to the place where 
the princess and the poor little boy were living. The old grand- 
mother had died. Then the people moved, and they stayed at the place 



1 La nii^tk"!. ((al-ts'a'p ai, gwa'lgwa laX qauL gwa'lgwa han 

(perl.) full Ihc- town "t 'Iry innu mid dry salmon 

2 qanL gwa'lgwa txox' qani. gwa'lgwa mas-q'aya'it qanL 

mill ilry Inilibul iind dry bullhead and 

3 he'ya elX ([am. he'ya dziX qani. he'ya t'e'bEn qanL 

fut of swil and fat of jiorpoise and fat of sealion and 

4 he'ya Lpeii. N'Lk-'e ui isk^L qa-me'uL ^an^a'n aL 

latol whale. Then (pert.) stench the butts the trees at 

of 

5 hwTI k'sax-k'uL-daxdo'xL sma'ye Lpen qanL sma'ye 

where only aljout lay meat of whale and meat of 

(J t'e'bEii (|anL sma'ye dzlX qaiiL sma'ye elx. NLk'"e txalpxL 

M'alion and meat of porpoise and meat of seal. Then ii'\ir 

7 huwi'lp hwil metme'tk''L gwa'lgwa laX qanL gwa'lgwa 

hou-sts Iwing full of dry trout and dry 

H t.xox' ((aiiL gwa'lgwa mas-q'ayfi'it. NLk*"e sEm-lo-a'niL ([udKL 

haliblil anil dry bullhead. Then very m giKul luiirl 

<) wi-sKiiiTi'git liwil uit naxna't. NLk'e huX lo-a'uiL qiidEL 

the rhief when iperf. ) he heard Then njrain in jroixl heart 

Kreat it, 

1() sKin'a'gitge hwil Lat naxna't l)agade'lL LgML Lgo'uLk"tg'e. 

the iliii-f where Iperf.) he heard two chil- his daughter. 

dren 

11 NLk"e huX a'lgixt aL qal-ts'a'p: "AiuL dfim huX lo'gum.-' 

Then apiin bespoke to the people: "Good (fut.) again we move." 

12 NLk"'e huX ha'ts'ik'sEin huX k"si-ba'xL wi-xa'atk"'stg'e. 

Then again once more again out ran the slave. 

great 

IS ,\t gun-lu'kL (|al-t.s"a'p aL awa'aL hwil dzoqL Lgo-wi'lk'sn.k" t|aiiL 

He riiuM'd to the pi'ople to theiiro.x- where stjived the princess iind 

move imity of little 

H Lgo-gUi'i'Em Lgo-tk'e'Lk". La k"'e no'oL Lgo-nets'e't.sdetg'e. NLk'e 

the [K«ir little Imv. (I'erl.) then wius their grandmother. Then 

little dead little 

1.") lukL (|al-t.s'a'p. Ni.k't"' a'd'ik"sk"L qal-ts'a'p aL awa'adetg'e. 

niovi-d the people. Then lame the people lo their proximity. 

It! Ni.k'e hat.s'iksEm luiX dzo'qdet aL Le sa-ma'qdetg"e. 

Tbiii once more again they stayed at ipart.) ofl they had put. 



^o^'^'i TSTMSHIAN TK.XTS ] ('.3 

that thcv hud once h'l't. Tlirii thr l),iy --avo thiMii nm.-h dr\,;\ tr.,ul. 
.salmon, halihiit. and hiilUicad. He did what was jiisl liulit. 'I'hiMi 
his uncde's people were olad. They were saved, h.^.^aiisc iliey now ale 
dried trout, salmon, halihnt, and hnlliiead, and he also o-ave them a 
little fat of the seal, porpoise, seuHon,and whale; and his unele's pe(.ple 
were very o-lad, heeause tiiey were saved. And all tiie peoph^ said 
that the poor little hoy, when yrown np. siionid lie tlieir eiiief. 

The boy always went out to sea to cateii s.>als for his unele"s people, 
and he always told his wife that it was very hard to take oil' tlie frojr 
blanket. Then his wife worried and eried when she lav down. Now 



NLk''et k'sa.x-y'ina'mi. ami, (|al)e'i, ,i;wa'lj;wa laX qani, 1 



Then 



gwa'lgwa ban <ianL ywa'lywa t.\o.\- iiani. <.nva'lirwu 2 

dry Milmon niid .Iry liiilil.ut iiii.l .!ry 

mas-(faya'it; ami, qahe'i. an-hw?'nt,ye. Ni,k'"e lo-am"a'mi. iiajja'oi, ;■{ 

bullhead; .just MVtral uli.it lu- .lid, I h. m in k"'"! lu-iirls 

ts'ap.s nehe'pt. XLk-"r lr'ma'tk"detu'»". ai. hwTl i.a y-'e'ipdot 4 

the pen- hism<ither'3 Tlieii tlirv wire sni e.l. I.ecuii^.' i|.erf.i iIil-vuIu 

pie cjf brother. 

gwa'lgwa laX (jam. awti'lgwa haii ([am, gwa'ljiwa txOx" 5 

dry trout niid .Iry Mihnoii au.l .Iry halibut 

qanL gwa'lgwa mas-q'aya'it. NLk""e hiiX k'sa.x-g'tnil'niL 6 

nn.l " .Iry bullhead. Th.n nmrn only he nave 

ts'o'osk'L h("''ya elx (lani, he'ya dzlX ([am. hr-'ya t"e'bEn 7 

a little fat of seal aii.l f.it <.f p.irp.ii'^.' au.l fat of .sealioli 

(|ani. h("'ya Lpen. XLk'",e wi-fi"''sL hwTI lo-anra'mL (jagaoL 8 

aud fati.i uhal,-. Then mmdi b.-iuK iu Kood hearts 

t.s'aps nebe'pt ai. hwil La di"'dema'tk"tdetg-t'''. Xi.k-'i" ;i 

thepeo- his mother's beoause .p.'rf. i iliev were save.l. Then 

pie of brother, 

a'lg-ixL txane'tk"L qal-ts'a'i) aL dKm sEmYi'g'it ui hwil lo 

.vp,,kr all the people at (fut.) ehief (perf.l tieini; 



wi-t"e'sL Lgo-gua'Ein Lgo-tk'"e'Lk". 11 

great the p.«ir little hoy. 

litth' 

NLk-"e (ja'ne-hwila dfi'ui, Lgo-tk-"e'i.k" aL tsV.m-maon, aL 12 

Then always he thi- b..y at in -ea. and 

went little 

g-idi-do'qL elx aL g'e'ipL .|al-ts"a'ps nebe'pt. XLk-"et 13 

caught seal f<.r io.hI of il,e people hi.s unele. Then 



qa'ne-hwihi mfiLt aL nak'st hwil La wi-fe'.st hwil 14 

„,„av. ho t.. liiswil- l"ing I peri. I ...ueh belt,L- 

told 

.sa-L.'ii'ksk'"L owls-tiana'ota-."'. NLk-"e sKni-lo-((i-'tk"L (jiVodKL V, 

ofT mmeultto ^^^Itts^^^ fn... " Then very in sorry the^heart 

na'k-ste--e. k'V ,,a'nr-hwihi wi-y.-'tk"L nak'st aL hwil !•; 



his wife. 



.-iiu L-rk'tl 



164 



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[BILL. 27 



the people biouo-ht many elks and slaves. They broii<):hl enough 
elks to fill two houses. And he bought them with trout and dried 
halibut and sjilmoii and bullhead: he bought many slaves. Then 
he gsive a jwtlateh. He invited all the people from other plaees. 
Then he aeeomplished what he intended to do. Thr pen])!!' went 
into his house, and he plaeed the elks and all hi- otiier gnii(l> and 
his slaves in the middle of the house. Then he said to his uncle. 
"You shall distriliute them." His uncle agreed, and told hini to put 
on the skin of the white bear. He also wore the great eopper that he 
had thrown down from the tree when he still was the poor little 
boy. He placed the great copper on his head. Then he walked to 
the middle of the house and stood near the pile of elk skins: then 
he sang, ^^'hen the song was ended, the chief said. "Now I will 



g'ii'eLt. Hwii'il TgonL hwilL qal-ts'a'pg'e. Gu'kMiL Lia'n 

lihi'liiy. Well: This did the people. They sold elk.s 

qani- uu'ng'it, wi-he'ldEi. Lia'n. K''e'lb*ElL hwilp hwil 

Hiid sliivei, many elks. Two houses Ijeing 

metme'tk"L Liii'n sqa'lsit aL laX qanL gwa'lgwa t.\ox' qanL 

lull. if i-lk< he liouRht for trout and drv halibut and 

them 

gwa'lgwa han (|anL gwa'lgwa mas-q"aya'it (janL wi-he'ldEm 

dry salmon and dry bullhead and many 

Lii.i'ng'itg'e. NLk'"e yukt. Txa-w6'6dEL hwil dzaxdzo'q. 



Slav 



The 



he gave a All he invited the eamp> 

IKitlateh. 



NLk""e daa'qLk"L hwf'ltg' 

Then he'siici-eedeil what he 



NLk'"e La t.s"ElEm-qa'6dEL g"at 

Then i perl', i into w.iit the 

<iui. people 

ai. t.s*Em-hwi'lpt. NLk""e t"Em-d"fi'LL Lia'n qani. txane'tk'L 

at in his Then into the he put the and nU 

house. middle elk 

litri-hwi'ltg'e qanL txane'tk"L LiLi'ng'it. NLk'"e a'lg'ixs 

his slaves. Then he said 



qanL 

and 

(Ieiu 



nebe'pt: "Ann. (Ieiu o'yigan goni'" NLk""c anii'qt. N'Lk"'e 

his unele: ••CtHid i int. I it is thrown now!' Then he Then 

away by you agreed. 

a'lgixs nebe'pt: "Deiu gulai'EnL ana'sL gulik's-wo'xgutg'e. 

■.jiid hisunele: •(Fnt.) you put the at himself barking 

on skin ol (the white bear). 

NLk'"et liiiX liax'L wl-o'q Le .sa-6'x'deL Lgo-gua'Em 

Then alvi. lie the cop- (pert.) off thrown by the poor 

used great per little 

i,go-tk"r''Lk". TgonL hwilt: Le-sg'T'it wl-o'q aL lax-t"Eiu-qe'st. 

iiitle l...y. This he did: on belaid the cop- on on his head. 

great iier 

Ni.k"'e t'Eiu-ii'i'tg'e. iii.k""r' hetk"t aL hwil niEn-do'xL Lia'ng'e. 

Then into the he went. then be stmul at where up were elks. 

mlildle laid 

NLk"'et .sE-le'iuix"detg"e. ui .sa-ba'xL le'imx". nLk'e a'IgixL 

Then he a Ming. (Perf. i off ran the song, then s|K)ke 

mnilv (ended) 



'^°^''i TSIMSUIAN -IKXTS ICf, 

call your luiiiie"; and lie nam. mI liini ( ini\viiii;-u])-likc-,uu'-\\ liu-li!i--a- 
graiiflmother. Wlicn lie had linishrd. lie |uil oH' the jrivat ru\,\,vv tliat 
he hud used, and lie put otl the -kin of tiic white liear. and lir o-av 
away the slaves to all his guests, and he ^ave thnn .dU skiii>. Winn 
he had tinished, they started awav. 

After he had tinished. he aoain jjut on his fro<r blanket, intcndinj: 
to catch seals for food for the people. He found it very dillicnlt to 
take off his frog blanket. Then he went to lud and told his wife, and 
she began to cry. He said. ••'When 1 jait it on attain. 1 shall not b.- 
able to take it oil. and if I do so. I may not return; 1 >hall oidy liring 
seals and halibut and i)laee tlicni in t'ront of the town. ! shall not 



SEiiiM'g'it: "Ami, dEin etk^st dEiii- hwat." \l.k'"e e'tk"detg-e 1 

theeliief: ■iioori ifut. i i^ iini.i In- TIumi li.- uii« 

imined imiii.-." luini.M 

]\hisKnis|-"r'tsk"E (lEin hwat. llwa'il i.esk"t. ni,k'"et sa-nia'jrai, 2 

i.iMiMi,^. u|. hk.-.iiK.- (lut.i Ills \v,-ir II, ■ ili.-ii ..II h.-pm 

Hi,..-lK,- ;,-i,,ii.hii..tlicr nam,-. lini^lu'd. 

wi-o'qL hii'yitg'e. XLk'"et sa-iua'gai. i.a ana'si, gulik's-Avo'xgiit :i 

the cop- us.tI, Thill ..if h.- I'mt thf skin ..t liimsflf liiirkiiiK 

great per ..I' . the whit.- Ih-uti 

Le gula'yitg"e. Xi.k'"r' k'sax-g'ina'ini. i.ii.i'nLT'it at. txane'tk"i. 4 

that iu-hii.i Thiii .mly h.> sjiivi- shiv.- I.. nil 

hwil dzaxdzo'q Le wo'otg".'. Xl.k'T' k'sax-g'ina'nii. i.ia'n rt 

tho.Mimps he iiivit,<l, Th.n ..nly he pive .Ik- 

ha.l 

aL txane'tk"L hwil dzax(lz."i'(| i.e wo'otg'e. Ni.k-'e i.a t; 

to nil the .ami.- he invite.l. Thin ii*rf.i 

h.i.l 

Lesk"t. NLk-'e se-16'otk"t. NLk-'e sa'k-sk"detg-e. 7 

he Then they stHrterl. Then Ihey went, 

finisiieii. 

Hwii'il uv Lesk"L hwilt. ni.k-'e huXt gida'i. .s 

Well: When he he .\i.l, then ..ij.iin !..• |.iit 

tinislie.l "" 

gwls-qana'ot aL dsuit huX o-idi-d<V(|r, txane'tk"i. elx it 

*his fr.„- t.. (f..t,> ..g..in ' .-..t.-h M -.,N 

blankt't 

dEm g-e'ipL .ial-ts"a'p. Xi.k'"." i-i sa-i.gu'ksk"i. gwis-riana'ot lu 

(fut.) f.j...l..f the pe..ph. Then .p.-rf.) ..If '1>|«'|''1' ^ ^J'^jj.^^ "■"-' 

hwil hwi'lt. XLk-"e la'Ldetg-e. Xi.k-'e inaLt aL nak'st. II 

,vhat he.li.l. Then tlieyWy Th.-i. h.f.M h. hi- .mi-. 

K-'e a'd"ik-sk"L hwil wi-vn'tk"!. nak-st. •'TsKda huX 12 

Then .-um,. .ry.n. ' hi-..,,.. - H .....in 

hwi'leE. iiLk-'e nig-in <ii:in huX sa-daa<|i.gut. XLk-"e 1:5 

Idos... then n..il m- ■"-■'"■' '"' '^'■' ''• ■'''•" 

tsEda hwi'leE. k-"e ni'g-i dEin huX a'crik-^gu-'g-.'. li 

,f I.h.M.. then n.'t if"t.) »S.'"ii> I.-..inei..rl,i,|.- 

Deui tfain hwiram-da'eE elx aL qa-g'a'uL t.s'ap qariL l.^i 

(Fut., .....y ..»h.,re Ih,y seal. ... .nrn,m., _.t.;^ ' 



16«j Bl-KEAV UK AMKKICAN KTHXoLOGY [BrLL.27 

i-oiiio ii.-;hore ajpiiii. and I sliall stay in the sea. All the ^-ear round I 
shall sctretly put ashore seals, halibut, salmon, porpoises, sealious, 
and whales its food for niv children. " He .said so every day. 

One morning his wife went down to the heaeh in front of the town, 
and he was lost. lie did not come ashore again. He stayed at the 
l>ottom of the .sea. Therefore the woman, every morning when .she 
rose, went down to the beach and cried, accompanied by her two 
children. They saw two halibut, and thev took them up to the 
hou.se. One morning siie went out agiiin, crying, and .she looked .sea- 
ward, crving. Iieiause her liushuiul was lost in the sea. Then .she 



1 txox'. NLk"'e ni'gi dEm buX ts'a'k'skueE. dEm 16- 

Imlilml. Then nd itul. ) again I come ashore, (fut.) in 

2 t(|"al-gwa'tk"neE ai, ts'Em-mu'oii. T.\ane'tk"L k'oL dEm hwi'leE 

iikruin^t I urn losl m in sen. All year ifnt.i I do so 

.3 ai. dnm (j'a'mts'nn tsagam-dTi'i.deE t-vane'tfL elx. txane'tk"!, 

lit .(lit. I .-wrelly ashoru 1 put all seals. all 

4 txox'. t.xane'tk"i. haii. txane'tk"!, dzlX. txane'tk"L t'e'hEn, 

hulibiit. all saliiioii. all porpoises, all sealions, 

o txane'tk"!. !.pen dsm ge'ipi, i.g'i'E. Txane'tk"!, k"oL dEm 

mU whales I fut. I i.khI ..f inv All vears ifut.) 

.hildix-n. 

(» hwil hwi'leK." Txane'tk"!, sa hwil hwi'ltg'e. 

I do so." All day- he did so. 

7 Ilwii'i I 1,11 k""elL he'!-uk, nLk'"e iaga-iii'L nu'k'stg'c aL 

Well: when one morning, tlieii down went his wife to 

!S (ja-g'a'ui, ts'ap at, !,a gwa'6tk"t. NTg'i huX ts'ak"sk"t, i,a 

tlie front of the and iiH-ri. i lie wa.s lost. Not aijaiii he eame wheu 

the house's (if town ashore, 

'.t hwTl k''e lo-g'a'dEL .sMii'ni, ma'on as ne'tg'e. XiL qau hwilL 

■ sea to him. Therefore she did 

1(» hana'ii. na'kstg'e. Txane'tk"!, he'mk hwil g'in-he'tk''t. k"'e 

the his wife. Kvery morning rising, then 

1 1 huX k'.saxt aL hwilp, k''e huX iaga-iil't aL qa-gii'uL ts'ap. 

Kgaiii she wi'iit of theluHi.se, then again down she to the front of the 

nut went the houses of town. 

]•_' Ni.kT- ill. iia'ne-hwila wl-ye'tk"t aL k"uL-SEl-ste'l bagade'lL 

lli.ri always slie erieii and about aeeom- two 

panying 

13 i.git. Ni.k'et g'aade'i, hwil i.a gina-do'xL t'Epxa'tL txox". 

I'hildnn. Then she saw where ipert.l right were two halibut. 

there 



14 NLkT't bax-do'(|t. HuX k'eh, he'Luk hwil huX k'saXb 

rliiTi up she took .\Kain one innrning iwlieu) again went out 
them. 

ITi liaiia'i| ai. iiuX wi-ye'tk"t ai. (|a-g'a'ui, ts'ap aL t"uks-g"a'aL 



"'"'' TSIMSIIIAN TKXTS ] ,',7 

suw Uvo sruls. (;roNvi„o-up-lik,.-o,„.-wl„,-lm>..-unuulniutluT l.a.l 
given them iis f«„d to his .•hihlivn. Anuihrr nmniinjr she went 
down. She went down. .Tvin}.-. ,.\ eiy nioininu-. She siw" i porpoiM. 
She eariied it up. Anoth(>r inornin<r sh,> went <1oum with her Iw.. 
(•hildren, and she saw a sealion. She went down and canird it np. 
Thus hei- ehikh-en had always enoiigh. Anotiier nioinin-- >hv went 
down, and when she ceased cryino- she saw a gfeat whah'." Then siie 
did not go down again, because she coui.l not canv the whaU'. She 
said to her father's people "Fasten this whale to tiie house. The 
father of these children sent it here. He als(, srnt the s..alion>. the 



lax-iua'on. Xcl i.a hwil lO-tcfal-gwa'tk"!. na'k-stg'e. Ni.k-'e 1 

'"' ^™- "^' 'piTf. I ln-iiiK ill af.Minst I.Ki lur Imslwiirl. Tli.-ii 

huXt g-a'aL hwii i.a huX g-ina-do'xi. fK.pxa'ti. elx. y 

again saw whuri' iperf. 1 asaiii riKht lav m,, .,.,,|« 

she ,1,^.,.,. 

At tsagam-g-t'ns MasEnists"e'tsk"L i.g-i'tg-e. NLk-"e huX k-eii, ;{ 

He ashore Rave Hmwiiig-iip-like-one- his c-hililreii. Then auaiii nne 

loMil « l,i>-has-a-graildmother 

he'uik k-"e huX hwili. hana'qg-e. at. (|a'ne-hwila wi-ve'tk"t 4. 

morning then asain .li.l sc, tlie w.nnan, al always sli'e erie.l 

aL txane'tk"!, he'Lukgv. Ni,k-"e huXt gaai. hwil gina-do xi, 5 

at every m,.rnin!.'. Then again she miw where riglil lav 

I lure 

dzlX. NLk-"e huX l)ax-d(Vqdetg-e. HuX k-"Oli. he'i.uk. k-'v (j 

porpoise. Then aL'aiu up she took them. .\gain .me morning. then 

ha'k-sEui huX IiwiIl hana'tig'e (lani, hagade'li. i.g-it. Ni,k-V't 7 

once more again I'.id so the woman and two her Then 

ehililreii.- 

huX g-a'at hwfl g"ina-sgTi, t"e'hi-;n. Ni.k-"e huX iaga-i;i't. 8 

again she saw where right lav a seali.)n. Then again .h.wn she 

there «,.„,. 

K""et huX hax-gd'ut. NLk'"e (ja'ne-hwHa Its'ji'ei, i.g'it. HuX !» 

Then again up she Then alwavs were her .Vgain 

went. SHtuite.1 ehihln^ri. 

k"'e'lL he'Luk ni.k'"e huX k'saXi. hana'tig'e. Ni,k''e i,esk"i. lu 

one morning then again went out the woiium. Then sh.> 

tinished 

huX wl-ye'tk"t. NLk''et g'a'ai. hwil g'lna-.sg'i'i, wl-i,pe'n. 11 

again she cried. Then she saw where right lav a wlinle. 

there gre.it 

NLk"'e nig'i huX iaga-i:i'et ai, hwtl wi-t'e'sr, i-peii 12 

Then not again down she I.ecau-e was large the 

went whale 

q'ap-Lgu'ksaantg'e. XeL (jan a'lg'fxt ai. ts'ajjs iiF.gua'otg'e: ••Ann. i;i 

really she could not Therefore she u^ the].,o|.l,. her father: "Im.kI 

carry it. sj.oke of 

ne'sEm fan tsagain-.si-dii'xL wl-i.pe'n. NKgua'odEi. k"opK-i,g-rE, 14 

v.ui who asliore make fast th,- whale. The father of inv ehildr.-ii. 

great lillle 

neme' fan t.sagam-iiia'gat ([aiii, txane'tk"]. t"e'hKn, (|ani. 15 

he who ashore put it and all .sealioiis. and 



KiH BfRKAl' OF AMERICAN KTHNOLOGT [biu.w 

poi-jwises. the .seal:«, and the halibut. Hf toltl nic what he was j^oing 

to do, because he could not get oH his fi<><;- t)huii<('t. and now lie 
really lives in the sea." 

1 txane'tk"!, dzlX, qani. txane'tk''L elx, qanL txane'tk"! txox'. 

oil |Mirpoi.<es. and all xeals, and all halibut. 

2 lagait-nia'LdEtg'e dEm hwilt as ne'E; aL hwil ia 

Already ho lold (fut.) he docs ' to me; because ipcrf.) 

3 sa-Lgu'ksk^L wl-gwis-qana'ot u\ g'ap-lo-hwi'lEni ts'Em-ma'ons 

of? it could not his blanket frog (perf.) really in )>eing in the sea 
eome great 

4 ne'tg"e.'' 

he." 



LiTTLK-F.Adl.K 

A LE(iEM) OK THK EagI.E ClAN 

[Told by Mosos) 

There was a large town. A chief was its master. He was the coni- 
mander of all the men. His child was a noble jiriiu-e. The child 
did not eat, but made bows and arrows all the tinu-. Now tin- salmon 
arrived. Then the chief said to his people. ••Catch salmon and drv 
them." The people did so. They dric<i many salmon. Then the 
prince took one salmon. He i)ut it <)t\ the sand, and gave it to an 
eagle to eat. One eagle came, and then another one. and they ate 



i.(;wA-xsKrYf;K 

Lirri.K-EAiii.K 

Hetk"!. wl-ijal-t.s'a'p. K'TiIl sK.mTi'g'iL me'ndet. Ni-nct i 

There a town. One ehief ils nia.«ter. That one 

stood large 

an-a'lg"igaL txane'tk"L tr'a'tg'e. NLk'"e k""ali, Lgo'uLk"tg"c >> 

thecommander all men. Then one liisrhild 

of 

SEmgal Lgo-wi'lk'siLk". Xig'idc yo'o.\k"t. k'.sax-ha-Xda'(|i. 3 

a very 'high little i'r'n''e- >>"' heal.-. ..nly 1hiw> 

de-dza'pt tjani. hawi'l. Nr.k'"e i.a a'd"ik"sk"i. ban. iiLk'"e 4. 

on his he ami arrow*. Tlien when came Ihi' tlien 

part made salmon. 

a'lg'i.xL sKm-a'g'it aL lc ts'apt: ••.^m niK d?:'n sK.m sE-he'lti, .=> 

said the ehief to his people: --Cood yini make many 

ban ai. niK dEm sEm gwa'lgut." Ni.k""c hwili. ijal-ts'a'p. t; 

salmon 'I'ut.i you dry them." Then did s.. Ihe p.-.iple. 

NLk-'e wi-he'lL hiin at gwa'lk"dcit. Ni.k-'e tgoni. hwfli. 7 

Then many salmon they dried them. Then this did 

Lgo-wi'Ik-siLk". Go'udEL k-':i'gui. han. NLk-"et sg-it ai. s 

the prince. He took one salmon. Then It lay on 

little 

lax-a'us at g'lni. xsk-aV.k- lat. Ni.k-'c a'd"ik-.sk"i, xsk-fik". }> 

the sand he gave it an eagle to Then came lh.-cai:le. 

to eat to him. 

NLk-'e huX a'd"ik-sk"L huX k-'ii'gut. Xi.k-"e g-c'ipd.T. han. pi 

Then again came again one. 



Then they ate 



17U UUKKAU OF AMERICAN ETll.NoLi KJY !bii.i..27 

thi' >iiliiic>ii. Many oujrU's did so. Thi\v ute all the saliiinn. and then 
tlii'V tli'W away ajrain. The prime pulled out their feathers and 
jjatliered them. Then he was glad, and the eagles also were glad. 
The prime made arrows: he made many boxes full of them. He used 
the feathers of the eagles for making his arrows, fastening them to 
the shaft, and therefore his arrows were very swift. He gave salmon 
to many eagles. When the salmon were at an end. he stopped. 

The prinee did not eat. He only made arrows. Now it cami' to In- 
winter. For about three months the Indians ate only dried >:ilnion 
and Ijerrie.s mixed with grease and elderberries and currants. Thej' 



1 Wl-he'lr, .xsk'ak'i. hwi'ltg'e. NLk''e dza'Ldei, han. NLk''e 

Many eaKli-s did «>. Then lliuy nte all the Then 

salmon. 

2 leba'yukt. NLk""e dzaXi. hwil ts'a'ots'aL txane'tk"L qaq'a'x'. 

thev flew. Then mueh h liiri' lie pulled nil feathers. 

out 

3 NiLne'L .saxda'ii. Lgo-wriU"s?i,k". NLk^'e _ lo-a'niL qa'ott. 

That if iiieked u|i the prinee. Then he good heart, 

what little wa.s in 

4 Ni-k'T* ia'gai huX de-lo-ain'ii'mL qa<[a'6tL xsk'ak". Hwa'i! Tgon 

Then hnw- again on in good heart.s the eagles. Weill This 

ever their jwrt 

5 hwtli, i.go-wi'lk'siLk". Hawi'Ig'e. nilne'L q'ap-de-dzfi'pt, LgO'uLk"L 

did the prinee Arrows. those reallv on made the son of 

ittle his part 

(i sKin-ii'g'it. Ksax-liawi'lL de-dzii'pt sEm-w-I-he'lt. Txane'tk"L 

the ehief. cinly arrows on he made very many. .\11 

his part 

7 i|a-xlM"'ist hwTl mKtme'tk"t. Hwii'il Q"ap-k"'e'lL tjaii'a'ix'L 

hnxvs Ixing inll. Well: Really one feather of 

8 xsk'ri'k'g"!'. nei, ha'ytt ai. hawi'l. Tq'ai-dix'da'kxdit lat- 

an euglo. that he nse<l for an .\gainst he hastened it to iu 

arrow. 

!• NeLne'L (jan sEUi-ale-iaT'det. Wl-he'li> xsk'ak" t hwfl gina'mi, 

Therefori' verv i|uiek- thev Manv eagles he gave 

ly went. 

10 ha'ng"e. Q"ap-ndaL hwil qii'odEL han. NLk*'e hiiwi'tg'e. 

.sjilmon. Really where lieing finished the Then he stopped 

salmon. 

11 Nig'ide yo'6Xk"i. i.g(")-wi'lk.sii.k"g-,'i. Ksax-hawJ'li, d("-dza'pt. 

Not ate the prinee. Only arrows on he made, 

little his part 

12 NLk-"e a'd"ik*sk"L dEni hwtl ma'adEui. i/i nak"i, hwil 

Then eaine (fut.i lieing snow. When long Ix'ing 

IH ma'udEm lii lig'i-gulaEldEma Loqs. ux tgoni. hwilr. alo-gig-a't, 

•now when atnait threi' niayhe months, when this did the Indians, 

1+ k'sax-ha'ni, dt'-g-e'iixlet ([iini. i.a'ix qani. iiifrE (|tim, lats 

only sjilmiili on th.-y al. uimI Uerries mixed and lierries and elder- 

their pari withgrea.se berries 

1;") iiaiii. hw('''kil. T.\ain"'tk"i. le-hwa'iit aL lax-qaq'ii'qst. nei, 

niKl wii.l l.laek AH on were at on little hiishe.s. then 



so-^'^J TSIMSllIAX TK.XTS 171 

ate ;ill kinds of IxTiics. N,,\v the siIiikhi \\a~ all uxsl uj.. Tliry 
did not ^/wo any salmon lo tlir princr. WUru ihr salmon was 
almost all usinl up. the <j:u-.i[ rliirf felt >a(l. llr said to Ills j.'ival 
slave, ••(io out and onlcl- tlic people lo move." TIk' ^M-eut slave 
ran out, eryinii', " M<>\ e. ^■l•eat tritiel" 'I'iie people did so. 'rii.'V 
moved in the mornin<>-. They left the chiefs son and his little <rnin(i- 
mother, and one little slave, who was >till quite small. He was weak. 
There was no salmon. They only left him his hoxes tilled with ariMws. 
But his mother buried a clam shell in which she had phiceil some lire 
and one-half of a large spring salmon. Then -he told the little grand- 
mother where she had hidden the tire and the salmon. 

Now the people went ahoai'd and movccl away. ()nl\ the prince 
and his little grandmother and the little sla\e wi're left. riie\- had no 



de-g"e'ipdet. Nidf'e i.a ijiVodKi. han. ni.k"'e nt'g'idet geiulei, 1 

on tlieviitf. Tli™ ulirii ilwMslin- lli.- lli.n Hot llu-VKav.- 

ttieirpart i-lu'l xalin..n. ii»i.l 

Lgo-wi'lk'siLk" aL han. i.a nak"i, la.\-lia'. i.a ts'osk'i. clKni u 

to the priiu'i> lo the Wli.u lon^- the when lienrlv ilill.'i 

little Nihil,..!. ^^enIhe^. 

hwil ([a'dii. han, ni,k""e sT'epk"'!, (la'oi. wi-sKm":Vg'it. Ni,k"'r' 3 

beini: t'"iie the then -ick wii- the llie ehief. Then 

Milrnun. _ h.iirl nf K-reiil 

a'lg'ixtg'e: "Ado', k'sa'wun. .Vini. yuki, gun-lu'ki. ([al-ts'a'p: 4 

he said: ■■.^lio, K'>""t ie..Ml Kesin l.i l.i the town; 

. Tiler inc.ve 

meya'an!" De'ya aL wl-.\a'E. Nidi'T' k-si-ha'.\i. \vI-xa'E: 5 

s"„vs,.'' Thus he t.. the slave. rheii ,.iit mil thesliive: 

snid sreiil trreiit 

•■\1y.r la'g-in wT-ts*a'6p." ' NLk""e hwrii, (|al-ts'a']) luk ai, (> 

■Movf jcreat village." Thru did-., llie people they in 

he'i.uk. Uks-ksta'(|stEi. sKiiTiVg-ii. i.go'iii.k"tg-e de-k-'a'li. Lgo- 7 

th,, Fr..mlall.l left tie- ehief lils-,.n also ,.ne Hide 

morning. to sea 

ntse'ets de-k-"a'li. i-go-.\a'E: sKiu-tfai-t.setsO'osk-i. i.go-xa'K s 

grand- al«.. on.' little slave; very ,,nite -mall was Uie slave 

mother \ 

hao'nu'it dax-<''a'tt. Nig'i sg-ii. han ai. awa'ai. i.go-wi'lk-sJi.k". <l 

■'"•>-< -■-- ^"' "" ■""■ " '■^"^:;'"" ,uiu. ""'"■'■ 

K-sax-hwil lo-daxdo'xi. hawT'l. WT-he'li. xpe'ist hwil lu 

Only where in were th.- arrow-. Many I-n.s l..-.n.- 

metme'tk"t. NLk-"t"t W(K|s noxt i|"ain-xts"a'(|: lO-me'i.i. lak" II 

(„,l. Tli.n ,lin; his elam shell-: hi l.nnil fire 



la'ot de-sto'o wI-va'E. Nl.k-'et ina'l.EI, ai. l.go-ntse'tstg-e. 12 

in ,,l-„ ,,ne l«r-e"sT.rim; Then -h.- t..l,l !■• the crandmolher. 

them half " sa'imon. ""!«• 

Nidv-T- uks-qa'odEi, luk. Ni.k-T" .|am-k-"a'iL i.go-wi ik-.sii.k" 13 

Then from they were tluy Tle-ii only on.- Iiiile pni 

land to sea gone iii.iviil. ^ 

g-ina-d'a't qans ntse'tst (lanL Lgo-xa'E. Nig-i sg-it. dKiii 14 

behind was and his grand- and the liitU- slave. Not wa> ■('"! 



other 



iThis sentenee is in Tsimshiaii dialect. 



17'2 BL'REAU of AMKKUAX ETHNOLOGY [BrLL.27 

fotxl. Tben the little old woiimii took the ooal and made a tire. They 
did not eat for a whole day. and for a long time they had no food. 
Then the prince went out. Early in the morning he .sat outside. It 
was low water. Then an eagle was screeching on the l)each. The prince 
called his little -slave: " .See why the eagle is screeching on the beach.'' 
The slave ran down and came to the place where the eagle was sitting. 
When he was ni'ur by, the eagle flew away and. behold, a little trout 
was lying on the sand. Then the little slave shouted, telling the 
prince, "A little trout, my dear, lies on the beach." Thus spoke the 
little .slave. Then the prince said. " Take it."' The little .slave carried 
it up. and the jirince ordered him to roast it. The .slave roasted it, 



1 g-e'tpdetg"e. NLk*'et go'uL Lgo-wud'ax-g"a't lak". NLk*'et 

their food. Then took the old person the Then 

little fire. 

2 .sE-nie'Lt. NLk''e txane'tk" sa nig"i txa'xk"detg"e. NLk'"e lii 

she lire. Then all diiy nut they ate. Then when 

made 

3 nak"L hwi'ldet, aqL-gi'pdet. NLk*'e k'saXL Lgo-wi'lk'siLk". 

lonK thev did so. without their Then went out the prince, 

food. little 

4 NLk'"e d'at ai, g'a'lEq, aL he'Luk. SEm-sg"iL ak-s. 

Then he sat al outside. at morning. Very low the 

was water. 

5 XLk'"e a'lgixL xsk'a'ak' ai. g'l'ik's. NLk""et wo'ol 

Then spoke an eagle. at offshore. Then railed 

6 Lgo-wi'lk'siLk" Lgo-xa'E: "Ado', g'a'aL an-hii'EL xsk"ak" aL 

the prince the slave; ".^dfi, see what savs the eagle at 

little little 

7 gi'tk's." NLk''e uks-ba'xL Lgo-xa'E. NLk''e hagun-a'qLk"t 

offshore." Then from ran the slave. Then toward he 

land to sea little reached 

s ai. hwil dEd'a'L xsk'iik". lii q'ai'yini delpk"L Lgo-xa'E, 

al where >^t the eagle. When close l>v near was the slave, 

little 

!t lU-k'T' g-il)a'yuk''L xskak'. Gwina'deL. Lgo-la'X sisg'it aL lax-a'us. 

till II Ikw the eagle. Behold, a trout Iving on the beach 

little 

10 Ni.k-'e wi-am-he'L Lgo-xa'E. at nia'LEL aL Lgo^wllk'siLk": 

Thill >houled the slave, he told to the prince: 

little little 

11 ■•i.go-la'X. nat, hwil ain-.sg't't aL g"ii'u." De'yai. Lgo-xa'E 

•A trout. my Ix-iiig mi the lies on the beach Thus said Hie slave 

mile dear. beach of house." little 

12 aL ma'LEt. NLk-"e a'lg'ixL Lgo-wi'lk-.siLk": "GoLe." NLk"'et 

and he told ii. Then said the prince: "Take it." Then 

little 

i:^ goL Lgo-xa'E. NLk''e tsa^am-iii'et. NLk'"et guu-ia'odEL 

took ti ilie slave. Then Imm .sea he Then 

little to land went. 

14 Lgtj-wi'lk-siLk" aL Lgo-xa'E. NLk-'et ia'odEL Lgo-xa'E. 

the prince to the slave. Then roasted it the slave. 

Utile lltUc Uttle 



BOAS] tj^imsiiiax tkxt.s 17:{ 

and when it was done, lir and the little old person ate it- Tlir j.rince 
did not pat anythino-. Only the old jxM-son and the slave ate it. 

Niglit came and morning eamo; tlien the prince wont out airain. 
Again he hoard the eagles screeching on the t)each. Hosentfh)wn his 
little slave, who found a bullhead (sculpin). Then ho told the prince, 
who ordered him to tak(» it up. The little slave took it. and tiiey 
roasted it. They did so for many days, and the eagles gave them 
trout and sculpin. Then the\' had enough to eat. 

One morning the prince went out again, and he saw two eagles 
sitting on the beach screeching. He sent his little slave, who went 



NLk"'e a'nukst. NLk"'e g"i'pdet qani, i.go-wud'ax-g'u't. 1 

Then it was .idiu-. Then thev iiti- it iiii.l the dd i..-i^.n. 

little 

NT'g'idet g'lpi. Lgo-wi'lk'siLk". K'sax Lgo-wud"a.x-g'a't t"an 2 

N'»>t lite it the prince. Only the aid i>tTsun vvho 

little little 

g'eipt ([am. i.go-xa'K. 3 

ate it Hll'l the slave, 

little 

NLk""e huX yu'ksa. \Lk'"e huX he'Ki.nk. NLk""e huX i 

Then imain it »as Then ni;aiti it wh-s Then unain 

evetiini?. luorning. 

k'saXL Lg(7)-wi'lk"siLk". >i'Lk'"et huX riKxna'i. hwil a'lg'ixi, xsk'ak' 5 

■went out the prinee. Then again he heard where si«>ki- an eafle 

little 

RL g'l'ik's. NLk""et huX uks-he'tsL Lgo-xa'K. Ni.k'"ot hwai. B 

at offshore. Then anain from land he the sla 

to sea sent little 

hwil .sg-iL mas-(["aya'it. K-"et ina'i.Ki. ai. Lgo-wi'lk-sii.k". 7 

•where lav a bullliead. Then he UiM to the prinee. 

little 

NLk'"et huX gun-go'udoL i.go-wi'lkvii.k". Ni.k-'e huX 8 

]>rinee. Then awaiu 

o-o'uL Lgo-xa'E. Xi-k'T't huX ia'odet qaiis nt.se'et.st. ui 9 

took it the slave. Then astain thev and hisKrand- When 

little roasted tt mother. 

wI-he'lL sai. hwi'ldet. La wlhe'li. laX iiaiiL mas-fj'aya'it. 10 

many days they did so. when many trom and hullhcttd. 

T g-eni. x.sk-ak'i, Lgo-wi'lk-sii.k". ni.k-"e i.a litsa'x-det. 11 

Thev gave the eaitles the prinee. tl 

■ too.l little 

HuX k-"e'ElL he'i.uk. ni,k-T> luiX k'saXL Lgo-wi'lk-.sii.k" ai, 12 

i,,.,in one morniii" then ai;ain went out the prinee to 

■^-' "' little 

g-a'lEii. NLk-"e g-a'ai, hwil hwani. xskTi'ak- (|"ai-fKpxfrt. 13 

ouLside. Then he saw when- sat eau-les ju-t tw... 

XLk-"e al"a'lg-ixt ar. alayuwa'tdet. Ni.k-'et huX h«"-tsi, U 

" Then they s^.oke an.l they made noise. Then uiiain he s»-nt 

Lgo-xa'E. NLk-\- huX uks-ie'C'L Lgo-.\a'E. NLk-'ot huX g-a'at. 15 

the slave. Then again from went the slave. Then niralti , 'i!' , 

1.-..1.. land to sea little l.-.n-i. 



174 UlREAU UF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BrLi..27 

down. H.- looked, and. l)ohokl. there was a salmon. Then he shouted 
and said. "There is a lar«,'e salmon, my dear!" And the prince said, 
'•Take it." The little slave said twice. "I can not take it." The 
prince went down himself and carried it up. They did so several 
days, tindinj,' salmon on the beach. They dried them. 

.\nother morning the princ(! went out a<rain. and. behold, there were 
three cajoles. They made nuich noise. The little slave went down, 
and. behold, there was a larjje spring salmon. Again the little slave 
.said he could not carry it. and the prince went down himself. He 
took it up. and the little old person, his little grandmother, split it. 
Thev did so luany days. They dried siting salmon. Th(\v bad very 
manv now. 



1 Gwina'dei,. han! NLk-*e hwil k'"e wI-am-he'L, at ma'LEL: 

Hchuld li At once he shouted, he s*iiri: 

suliiKin : 

2 •• Wl-ha'n. SE, nat!" NLk*"i^ a'lg'i.xL Lgo-wi'lk'siLk": •'GoiiiE!" 

■A siilmoii, look. mv Then stiid the prince; Take it!" 

Krcnl <k-iir;" little 

8 Ni,k'"e de'lEHiExk"!. Lgo-xa'E: "Lgu'ksaEne." g'e'lp'ElL he'tg"e. 

Then unswereil tlie slave: " I cannot (io it." nvice he said, 

little 

4 ai- wi-am-he't. XLk-"e uks-iii'eL Lgo-wi'lk'siLk". NLk-"c ne 

shoutiiiK. Then from went the prince. Then he 

land to sea little 

5 fan go'ut. Hwiiil u^ huX wI-he'lL saL hwi'ldet aL hiin, 

«lin t<K)k it. Well: When HKain many days they did to salmon 

(i i/i wl-he'lt hwil gwa'lukdetg'e. 

when many (verbal l hey dried them, 

noun I 

7 Ihviii! NLk''e i.a liuX k-"(~li. h("'Luk. NLk-'i"^ huX 

Well: Then aiiain <ine morninfr. Then again 

H k'saXr, i,g6-wi'lksiLk". (iwina'dt'i,. xskTik'. gu'lfin. NLk''e 

Went out the prince. Behold, eagles, three. Then 

little 

it hwud'ax-altMn-he'det aL alayuwa'adnt. NLk'"e huX uks-ia'eL 

they shouted nuiking noise. Then 

10 Lgo-xa'E. (iwina'deL, wI-ya'E. XLk""et ma'LEL Lgo-xa'E huX 

the slave. Itehold. a spriiiK Then he told 

little large salmon. 

11 Lgu'ksaant. NLk'*e luiX lEp-uks-iii'L Lgo-wi'lk'siLk". NLk'^et 

he otuld not Then again self from went the prince. Then 

dolt. land to sea little 

1'2 iKp-go'ut. NLk"'e tsagam-iii'et. XLk'ct tfoL Lgo-wud'ax-g'a'fc, 

'cU he Then froiii sea he Then split the old person, 

took It. to laud went. it little 

i;i Lgo-nts("'t.stg"e. Ilwiii! ui wI-hc'lL saL hwi'ldetg'e aL 

the gniu.lnioiher. Well: When mnnv davs thev did so 

little 

14 gwa'lukdei. ya'E i/i darriiLk"det wi-he'lt. 

Ilieyrlrli'd -prlug when they olilainol many, 

sulmon 



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Another niorniiij); the princ,> wont out auuin. I'lir ,.;,.rl,.s hud .rJv.Mi 
them nil kinds of tish. and their hous,.s were full ,,f"ln,.d salinon. 
The shive was (,uite large when all tiie salmon was i;-.,iie. 

Oiiemornin.c;- the prince w^ent out again, and. hehold. he >aw anea.rl.. 
far out on the water. He sent his slave down. Th.- little >lave had 
grown to he a little stronger. Hehold. there was a larg.^ halil.ut. 
The little slave shouted. "There is a large halil.ut. mv drarl" Th,. 
prince said, --Take it"; hut the little slave replied. •• i .an not .-airy 
it." The priniv went down himself and drau'ired it up. ■rh,. jittl,. 
grandmother split it. and they were satisHed. '"'They did .so for many 



NLk-'e hiiX k-"e'ElL he'i.uk. ni,k-"e huX k-saXi, 1 



The 



Lgo-wi'lk-sii,k". Lfi txane'tk"!. hwil lik's-g-ig-a't han an-hwi'ni, 2 
xskTik- at tsag-aiu-g-e'ndeL Lgo-wnk-sii.k". i.a lig1-mKtme'tk"i. 3 

the caglfs they frum sea gave tin- i.riiic.-. wlu-ii iihoiii (nil 

to laud food liltle 

txane'tk":. huwi'lp ai. gwa'lgwji han. i.a wit'e'si. Lgo-xa'E ui 4 

"11 il"- house-c of ilry Milmun. iVvti.) Kfeat llie slave when 

little 

hwil am-(ia'odEL han. 5 

1.11 wi.^ tinished the 

^alm..ii. 

Ni.k-"."' La huX a'd"ik-sk"i. he'i.uk. Ni,k-"e huX k'saXi. i.go- 6 

Then af;aiii cam,- inorlii.m. TI...1 a^i.i weni ..... .he 

lil.le 

wi'Ik'stLk". Crwina'deL. xskTik- liuX g-a'at at. g'l'ik-s uks-nak" 7 

prince. Behold, an <M.,'le av-aili he^a^^ ill otT vhore from lal.d far 



tgo'stg'e. NLk"'e huXt uks-h.''tsi. i.go-.\a'K. i.a t.s'o'sg'ini 8 

that one. Then aRain doiv.. he the >liiv.-. il'erf. i a lillle 

to water .M-.ll li.tle 

masL Lgo-xa'g'e La Lgo-wT-t'e's. La Lgo-da.\-g':i'tt. NLk'"e 9 

he grew tlie slave (pert, i a lar«e. i I'.Tl. i a str.a.L'. Then 

little littl.- little 

huX uks-iii't^'t. Uwina'deL. wi-t.\o'.\". NLk""e hiiX wI-am-he'L 10 

again fro.n land he Behold, a hnlihnt. Then agai.. >h.ai..rl 

to sea we..l. large 

Lgo-xa'E at ma'LEtg'e: "Wl-txox'. se, nati" NLk''e a'Ig'ixL 11 

the slave he told: - .\ halihnt. look, i.iy Then .«aid 

little great .h-arl" 

Lgo-wilk'.siLk": "GoLa'. goLii'." NLk-'et ma'i.EL Lgo-xa'E: 12 



the prince: ■Taljeit 

littl 



'Lgu'ksaaiU'E." NLk-"e lEp-uks-iaT'L Lgo-wi'lk-sii.k". .Ni.k-V't lEp- 13 

■•I can not do it." The.. self fro.n land he the pri.ie.-. The., h.- hlni- 

to.sea weilt liltle self 

tsagam-q"a'ex(ii.t. XLk-T't q'oL Lgo-nt.se'tst. NLk-"e sEiii-iit.sa'iL 14 

from sea liragged Then split it the grand- Then very "■■r.. 

to land it. little mother. -al.slie.l 

qaga'odetg-e. Hwii'il Lfi huX wl-he'h, saL hwT'ldet. ni.k-'t"- 15 

their hearfs. Well! (Per... again many days tl.ev ,lid «... th.n 



I7t'. lUKKAL- <>K AMKKUAX ETHNOLOGY [bcll.27 

diivs. iiiul diii'd unmy hsililmt. Another house was full of dried hali- 
but. Now they had caujfht all the salinon and all the halibut. 

One niorninf;: the little prince went out ajrain, and looked out. 
IVhold. there were ((uite a iuinil)er of eagles. He sent his little slave 
down. The slave went down, and when he came there, behold, there 
was a large .^eal. Then the little slave shouted twice, ''There is a 
seal on the beach '." Again the prince went down. He took the seal 
and dragged it up to the house. He .split it. Then thev put the fat 
into a box and dried the uieat. They did not take the bones. They 
did so many days, and filled another house. 

Another morning the prince went out again iind looked down. 
Behold, there were many eagles. Then the little slave went down 



1 La huX wI-he'lL t.\ox-L gwa'lk°det, La huX k-'elL hwilp 

(perf. 1 again many halibut they dried, (perf.) again one house 

2 hwil uietk"L gwa'lgwa t.\ox\ Hwa'il La cja'odEL txane'tk''L 

when- full drv halibut. Well! (Perf.) it was all the 

finished 

3 hiin qanL txox". 

salmon and halibut, 
the 

4 NLk-'e huX a'd'ik-sk"L he'Luk. NLk-'e huX k'saXx Lgo- 

Then apain came the Then afain went out the 

morning. little 

r, wi'lk'.siLk". NLk-"e huX uks-g"a'ask"t. Gwina'deL, xsk"ak- q'ai-he'lt. 

prince. Then again from land he Behold, eagles quite many, 

to sea looked. 

*; NLk-"et huX uks-he'tsL Lgo-xa'E. NLk-'e huX uks-dii'uLt. NLk-'et 

Then he again from land sent the slave. Then again from land he Then he 

to sea little to sea went. 

7 huX huwa't. Gwina'deL, wl-e'lx. NLk-'e g-e'lp'Eh. wT-am-he'L 

attain n.-ache<l Behold. a seal. Then twice shouted 

them. large 

,s Lgo-xa'K. at ma'LEL: -'Elx g-ina-sg-I't." NLk-"e huX uks-ie'eL 

the slave. he told : " .V seal left lies." Then again from went 

little behind land to sea 

it Lgo-wi'lk -siLk". N'Lk-'et go'uL elx. NLk-"et tsagam-q'ii'exqLt. 

the prince. Then he took the Then he from sea he dragged 

little seal. to land it. 

1(1 NLk-'et ba'Ldetg-o. Ni-k-'et lo-daxdo'xdeL hix' aL ts'Em-qal-he'nq. 

Then he split it ii|H'n. Then they in put fat to in box. 

11 N'Lk-'et gwa'lk"deii- smax-t: La ni'g-i an-go'dcL tsits'e'pt. La huX 





Then they drieil the meat: not he took the bones. ' 


^Vhen again 


lli 


wl-he'h. .siL hwi'ldetg 


-e, i,a huX k-'elL 


hwilp hwil 


l6-d6'xt. 




many da.vs ihey did s.i 


(perf. 1 again one 


house where 


in it was. 


1.-'. 


NLk-"e ui huX : 


i'd'ik-sk"L he'Luk, 


nLk-'e huX 


ksaXx 




Then iperf.) again 


came morning. 


then again 


went out 


14 


Lgo-wi'lk-siLk". N'Lk-T' 


huX uks-g-a'ask''t. 


(rwina'deL, 


xsk-ak- 




the prince. Then 
Utile 


affain from he looked, 
land to sea 


Behold, 


eagles 


1.5 


wi-he'lt. NLk-"et huX 


uks-he'ti>L Lgo-xa'E 


i/i sEui-Lgo-dax-ga'tL 




many. Then again from he sent the slave, 
land to sea little 


really a 
little 


strong 



^°^'' TSIMSniAN TKXTS ] 77 

again. He was now quit.- strong, l.ecuuse lie li:id much to .^t When 
he got there, behold, there was a large porpoise. The little slave 
shouted twice. Then the prinec went down and dragged it u]. to the 
house. They cut it and put the meat away. They tilled anuther 
house. 

Thus the eagles returned the food that the prince had given to them in 
the summer. The eagles reciprocated. They pitied the prince he.ause 
he had pitied them in summer. The eagles were glad, and therefore 
they fed the prince. 

One morning the prince went out, and, hehold, there were many 
eagles. He sent the little slave down, and when he went down and 
reached there, behold, there was a large sealion. Again the little slave 



Lgo-xa'E. aL Lfi liwil wI-he'lL g-e'ipt, nei.ne'i. (|an hwilt. 1 

^the slave, l.t-caust- much he ate. then-tor.- he »k.-< 

NLk-"et huX hwat. Gwina'deL. wl-dzI'X. N"Lk-'e wi-am-he'i, 2 

Then again lie reached Behold. a porpoise. Then «lionte<i 

them. large 

Lgo-xa'E. G-e'Ip'ElL wi-am-he't. XLk-"e uks-iii'eL Lgo-wi'lk-.sii.k". 3 

the slave. Twice he shouted. Then from -ivent the prince. 

''Me land to .sea little 

NLk-"et huX tsagam-qii'fiqLt. NLk-"et huX ba'bdetg-e. 4 

Then again from sea he dragged Thi-ii again they spreail 

to land it. thetn. 

"\Vi-he'lL hwil lo-do'xt. NLk""e i.a huX metk"i, k-'elL hwilp. 5 

Many where in they Then (perf.) again full one hou.-* 

put. 

Hwa'i! Deltk^L xsk'a'ak"g't^ ai. i.et hwil g'i'ndEi- Lgo- 6 

Well: Recipro- the eagles to him who gave the 

cated liKjd little 

wi'lk"siLk"g"e aL han aL g'i-se'nt. Ncliic'l (|an La de-de'ltk"L 7 

prince of salmon in the last Therefore (I)erf.) on recipro- 

summer. their part caled 

xsk'ak" Lat .sitya'wuL ui (["ilKm-tia'oL Lgo-wi'lk-siLk" as 8 

the eagles (perf.) exchanged iperf.) they took the prince from 

pity on little 

ne'detg'e. NLk''e sEin-lo-anrii'inL ([agii'oL xsk-a'ak"g"e, niLne't qsin ^ 

them. Then very in good hearts the eiigles. therefore 

La det-g'i'ndeL LgS-wi'lk'.siLk". 10 

(perf.) on they gave the princt-. 

their part food to little 

NLk'"e Ltl huX a'd"iksk''L he'ELuk. NLk-'e huX k'saXL H 

Then again (-amc morning. Then again went out 

Lgo-wi'lk-siLk". Gwina'deL. xskTik-L wfhe'ldEt. Ni.k-'et huX 12 

the prince. Behold, i-agles many. Then again 

little 

uks-he'tsL Lgo-wi'lk-siLk"r, Lgo-xa'K. N'Lk-'e huX uks-iii'eL 13 

prince tlie slave. Then again from went 

little land to sea 

Lgo-xa'E. XLk-"et huX hwat. (iwina'dcL. wi-t"e'bEn. NLk-'et 14- 

the slave. Then he again reached Behold. a sealion Th.-n 

little there large 

huX ma'LEL Lgo-.xa'E. (}-e'll)"Kh. wi-am-be't, at mai.EL. 15 

again told it the slave. Twice he shouted. he loM 

little 

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178 BUREAU t»K AMEKICAX ETHNOLOGY [bili..27 

told him. He shouted twite and told him. The printe hesiid it and 
went down, and, behold, there was a large sealion. Then he returned. 
He twi.sted tedar twijrs and tied the .sealioiis to the .shore. When the 
tide rose, they drifted a.shore. and when the water fell, they lay on 
the heaeh. Then they rut them. The .sealions were very large and 
bad nnu-h fat and nuirh meat. They did this for many days. Then 
they had a great plenty. 

Now the people of his father, who had left him. were dying. One 
morning the prinee went out again, and there were very many eagles; 
not merely a few. There were a great many eagles on the water. 
They were flying ashore with a groat whale. It lay there. Two 
nights and two days pa.ssed, and there lay another great whale. Then 
thev cut it. (In olden times the Indians chopped the hlubher of 



1 NLk-"e naxna'L Lgo-wi'lk'siLk". NLk-'e huX uks-iii'et. 

Then heard it the prince. Then iigain from land he 

little to sea went. 

2 Gwina'deL, wI-t'e'bEu. Ntk-'e lo-ya'ltk-t. NLk-'e d'ak"t q'oqi,. 

Behold, a sealion. Tlien he returned. Then he cedar 

large twisted twigs. 

3 Ni..k'"e na-gapga'bEt. NLk'"et q'am-tsagam-sidii'Ext. NLk"'("^ La 

Then thev fastened it. Then onlv from sea he fastened Then when 

to land it. 

4 pta'lik-s, nLk"'e tsE tsagam-o'lik\sk"t. >sLk-"e La lo'ol ak"s, 

the water then from sen it drifted. Then when went out water, 

n)se, to land the 

5 nLk''e g'ina-.sg-i't. NLk"'et ba'Ldetg'e. "\Vi-he'lL lc hi.\"t 

then left it lav. Then thev spread it. Much the fat 

behind 

G qanL Le snmx"t, aL hwil wi-fe'sL t'e'bEn. Hwii'i I i/i huX 

and the meat, becavise a large sealion. Well! ( I'erf. i again 

7 wl-he'U, ,saL hwi'ldctg'e. NLk-'e La sEm-wI-he'lL dzfi'pdetg'e. 

many dayi they did so Then very much they made. 

8 K''e ui daXL fan .sak"stii'qsdetg'e. Txane'tk''L (ial-ts"a'ps 

Then they die<l who ha I left him. .\ll the people of 

9 nF:gua'6dKt. NLk'e i/i huX ri'd"iksk"L he'Luk. N'Lk-"o huX 

hl.s father. Then again came morning. Then iiirnin 

1" k'.saxt. (iwiiia'dt'L, xsk'fik' sEm-k"a-wI-h("'lt. Ni'g"i huX (fam- 

he went Behold, eagles really very many. Not again only 

out. 

11 aLcbo't. Lik's-g'a'tL. ([abe'L xsk'ak", lax-a'k's hwil hwi'ldet. 

few. .\ great numljcr, that many eagles. on water they were. 

12 Nda aL k'"e wI-Lpe'n Lsagam-de-g'eba'yukdetg'e. NLk"'e 

.Vnd it wius then a whale fri;>m sea with they flew. Then 

great to land it 

13 g'lna'-sgit k'Y-'lp'ElL axk". NLk""e huX k-"e'lp"Eh. .sa. NLk-'c 

left It lay two nights. Then again two days. Then 

hi'hind 

14 g"ina'-sg-iL wi-Lpe'n. XLk""et q'o'tsdetge. (T hwila'guL waLEn- 

lelt lay a whale. Then they cut it. (That what the 

behind great they did former 



^°^*] TSniSlllAN TEXTS J 7<) 

whales witli stone axes in tlie sanir way (liat we i\u<\, wood.) Tli.'ii 
they chopped tlie Khilihcr of tlie whale. 'I'licn tlie I.IhIiImt came out 
where they hit it wi(li thf ax. Iloiiohol They had a >rrcat di-al. 
because the whale was very lart;e. The ea<,'-les o-mc tlic i.rincr and 
the little grandniother and the slave four wliales. 

Now the people of liis fatlicf. who had left him. were dyinjr. '1'Im- 
eagles had iinished giving foo(l to the prince, and his houses were all 
full. The grease covered the sea in front of his house. Then the 
prince shot a gull. He skinned it and put on its skin, lie took a 
piece of seal, not a large piece, and tlew away. He went up ahove to 
see his father's trili<> who had left him. He tlew a lon>'- time. and. 



g'ig'a't i.pen. Lo'6))Em dawi'si, lia'x'det at ia'ts<lei. lux I. i 

peoplu 111.- whiil.-. <\ut«- M\.'- ih.v u-r.l lot'lmi, IlK- l.ll. 

ho'g'ixdeii. hwfl t ia'tsi. e-at lak". Nei.ne't h\vila'k"detg"e.) ^ 

likf dors .111.], ;'i iiiiiii liiv\vi«..l. Thatis tliry <ll(l to If.i 

what 

Hwil k'"e't ia'tsdet. NLk""e k'si-ha'xi, t'elx" aL hwil iii'i. 3 

Tlioii they Then "iit ran grease al where Mem 

eliopl'ed It. 

dawi's t ha-yil'tsdetge. Nr.k'"e ri'ifik'sk"!. t'fd.x'. Iloholiol SEingal 4 

the ax thev for chopping. Tlieii ranie ^Tea^e. HiMinho! Vt-rv 

nsed 

wl-t"e'si, dza'pdetg'e. ai, hwtl (|"ap-\vi-t'e'sE i.pe'ng'e. NcLiie'i. 5 

much Iheyniadr, l.,raiisc very hirse was the whale. Therelnre 

qan sEm-ts'aXi. dza'pdetg'e. Hwii'i! Txalpxi. i.jje'ng'e g'liia'ini. ,; 

very plenty tliey Tr]ad.- Wrir l',.iir whales gave 

xsk'ak" aL Lgo-\v?'lk'siLk" qani, Ego-ntse'etst ((am, x:i'e. 7 

the eagles \n the prince and his j;rand- and the 

little little mother slave. 

NLk'"e La a'd'ik-sk"L (Ieiii hwH daXL (|al-t.s"a'i»s ,s 

Then (perl. I caiae lut.i hein- dyint; the] pi.- ot 

nEgua'odet le t'an ts'Eiis-lu'kdetg-e. Ilwa'il i.a ([iVodEL g'lnt '.• 

hisfather who l.lt hiii. ni..vnn; Well: Whet, it was L'ivint: 

liiiisheil f.>»l 

xskTdv- Lgo-wi'lk-.-h.k". Ntg'i huX Invtlt ui (jaVj<lEt. 10 

the eagles the prim-.-. -Xot .'c.-ain lh,-y when ."'""-, 

little did so inii-h.-d. 

Q'ap Lfi metk'r, (jal-t.s"ap. Ni.k-"e lei.apL tVlx- aL 11 

Really ipert.i was full the town. Then on w,us^ irrea-e ..i 

lax-a'k-s. NLk-"et guxi. Lgri-wi'lk-sii.k"L ((("'wuii. Ni.k-'Ot 1l' 

on water. Then shot ih.- prin.e afnll. Then he 

tsa'adEt. \Lk-"et lo-L<Votk"t. Nl.k-'e ilotp. (dx nig-i fe.st'o'st. IS 

skinned il. Then I,.- ,.nl it on. Then ^he^ -eal not larv-. 

NLk-"e hwil k"e e-eha'vuki, Led-wi'lk-siLk". \Lk-"c da'uLt: 14 

A, once ■ I'.ew llf prince. Then h.-l.-ft, 

lax-a'L yAxk"t dKin g'a'aL lc ts'aps riEgiia'.VlEt ui I'an li 

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behold, lu' saw u cuiioe loiniiij;-. TIn' j-nill flew over the canoe, in 
whirli tlii'ie were a niiinl)er of men. Tlieu the gull dropped the 
slice of seal into the eanoe. and one of the hunters took it. It was 
verv stninge that a gull should drop a piece of dried seal into the 
canoe. They returned and landed. Then they told what had 
hap|)ened. The chief said to the man and to the slaves, "do and look 
for inv son."' They left after he had told them. In the morning the 
man and some slaves started in a canoe. They paddled, and arrived 
at a point of land in front of the old village. Behold, the water ahead 
of them wa.s covered with grease. It came from the place where they 
had left the prince. The man and the slaves paddled on. They went 
ashore at the place where the prince was staying. Behold, they had 
done a great deal. The houses were full of salmon and spring salmon 



1 ts'Ens-lu'kt. La nak''t liwil geba'yukt, gwina'deL. malL 

k'UViiiK liiid When long (verbal he flew. Itehokl. a 

him moved. noun) rauoe 

2 ri'(rik'sk''t. Ni,k*"e sKm-le-g"iba'yukL qe'wun lax-o'L mal hwil 

,-,iTni-. Then verv over flew the gull on top the where 

01 canoe 

3 lo-hwa'ni, g'at. N'Lk"*ct ksa-gale'L da'sgum elx ai, lax-o'L 

in were men. Then he dropped a slice of seal on on top 

4 mfd. NLk*'et go'uL gwTx'-wo'otg'e. NLk"'e sEm-lik's-g"a't'Ent 

ean<H-. Then he Xiiok it a hnnter. Then very strange 

5 hwil gwa'lgwa el.xi. gale'deL qe'wun aL ts"Em-mal. NLk*'e lo- 

hcing Mrv Mill dropped the gull at in the Then 

canoe. 

6 ya'ltk"detg-e. NLk-'e k-"a'tsk"deitg-e. NLk-"et ma'Ldet. Xl qan 

thiy reiurnol. Then they landed. Then he told. Therefore 

7 hei- sEmYi'g"it ai. gat qauL i.iLi'ng'it: "Ado'. sEm-g'a'ai. 

s<iid the ellief lo a and the slaves: ■■.\d6'. look for 

man 

8 i,go'uLgueg"e!" Alb .sak''sta'qsdEt an-he'tg'e. uLk"e he'Luk. 

mvsonl" When thev had left what he said. then it wa-s 

morning. 

<) Ni.k'T' si-ga'otk"L gat <iani. i.n.i'ng'it lUJieL dEda'det. NLk*'e 

Then suirted in a the and tlie slaves thase with him in Then 

eaiioe man the canoe. 

10 hwfi'xdetg'e. NLk'"et hwa'deL hwil uks-he'tk"L ts"Ewi'ni(L. 

tluv padilli-.!. Then iluy where from stood a point .if 

reached landtosea land. 

11 (iwina'dr-L. t'clx' ri'd"ik'sk"t ai. qii'qdet aL lax-a'k"s. Hwii'il T 

Hi-h..l,l. i:r.-XM- came al their on on water. Will: It 

front the 

12 witk"i. t'elx' aL tia-g'a'u liwil Lgo-wi'lk'siLk". NLk'T' liwax'L 

caine t-rease al in front of the prince. Then paddled 

from the house of little 

in g'H'tgc qanL LiLi'ngit. NLk''e lo-ba'xdet hwil dzfKjL Lgo- 



14 wi'lk'.siLk". (iwina'dei.. wI-t"i"'sL hwil hwi'ldet. Metk"L qal-tsVp 

prince. Hehohl, large w hat they had Full was the town 



^°^^^ TSIMSHIAN TKXIS jS] 

and hulilmt und seals an<l puipnisrs and s..ali..i.> and ul,al.'>. 'I'Ih-i, 
they were much astonish(>d. 'Phe slaves stret.lied out their imtuN 
and dipped up the grease from the surface of the wal.M-. 'I'li.'n thrv 
ate it. 

Tlie prinee did not tell lliein to land. I.ut after a while thev landi-d. 
Then they ate salmon, and tiiey at.' spring salmon and ha'lil.iil and 
seal and porpoise and whale. Now the prince said. "Don't laU.^ 
anything- home." Thus he spoke to liie man and I,, ih,. slaves. 
"Eat as much as you want, and then leave. Don"! tell at home what 
you have seen." But one slave hid two pieces under ins skin shirt. 
He dropped two pieces of seal in there l.eeause he thought of liis 
child. The prinee did not give tlie man and the slaves food. Then 



aL han qani. ya'F, qani. txox- (laiu, rdx .|ani. dziX c|ani. i 

of salmon ami spriiii; mi.l iialiluil nii.l >,'al iiii.l |.,.r hmM 

saliiicii ^ ,„,i^,. 

t'e'bEn qanL i.pen. Ni,k-"et sKm-lo-.s!ina'i,k"detg-e. Ni.k-'e tgOn ^ 

sealion and whale. Tlu'n wry l hey were astimislu'il. Then lliis 

hwilL LiLi'ngit: t'uks-Lo'odEi. (|a-an"ondet. at g'a'pdei, t'el.\' 3 

did theslavfs: c.nt thi-y thfir hands. tlii-y dipi^cd the- 

Mlitrh.d up Rri'll.>.</ 

aL lax-a'k's. Ni.k'et g-e1pdet. 4 

on on the Tlit-n ihey at>- it. 

water. 

NLk"'e ni'g-i hei. i,go-wi'lk'sii.k"i. di-.m k'"a'tsk"detg-e. .\i,k''e 5 

Then not siii.l the prince ini.i thev land. 1 hen 

lillle 

La .sl-go'n. nLk'"e k'a'tsk"del. Xr,k'"e x-lia'ndetg'e. .\i.k''e ti 

afterward, then Ihey landed. Then thev .salmon. Th.-n 

ate 

txane'tk"L x-ha'ndet. han (|ani. txox' ((aiii. ("Ix (|ani. dzlX 7 

all they salmon. salmon ami luilil.nt and -e,il an.l |.or- 

ate poise 

qanL Lpen g'e'ipdet. NLk''r' tgon lieL i.gO-wi'lk'.siLk": 8 

and whale thev iite, Th. ii this said the prinee: 

hitle 

"G"il6' tsE so'osEin. ana'I" De'ya uL g'a'tg'e (jariL lii.i'ng'it. '.• 

"Don't take the rest hehl" Thus he to the man and lheshiv<~. 

"DEm q'ain-Iit.se'Ex't ne'sEin. dEin k-"e da'iiLsEuil (Mlo I'J 

••(Fut.) only satiated yrai, < iut. i tlien Navel l>o n..t 

niE dzE sEin ma'LEL atsEda i.A k-'a'tsksEin." (JT-'lp^Eli. dask 11 

you tell when ,|'<tiM you land." T».. -Ii.-s 

tgonL hwilL xa'Eg-e lo-d"Ep-no oi. k-sdawu.sgum txa't. Ni.nel l:i 

this di.l a slave ind..wn- hole ihe shirt..! skin. Thai is 

ward 

hwil lo -d'Ep-gale'L g-e'Ip"ElL da'sgum e'lix. At am-(|iVoi. 13 

where in down ' he two slices, ,f seal. lie reirj.-mlMT.'^l 

dropped 

Lgo'uLk"t. NLk-"e ni'g'i t g-.^ni, Lgo-wi'lk-siLk" g'a'tgv qani. 14 

his ehild. Then not he Kav the- prinee to the mat, ..nd 

toiai little 



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hf sent tlifin liuck. Tlien tliev ivaclu'd the town from whi<h they 
liiid started. 

Thi' priiu-o hiid said to tliciii. ••'IVIl tlieiii that 1 am dead, and do not 
sav that I have plenty to eat." The man and the shive.s hmded a little 
liefore dark. They went up to the houses and entered the chiefs 
house. The chief asked, "Is my son still alive T" And the man 
replied. "I think he ha.s been dead for a long time." The slaves and 
their families were living in one corner of the chiefs house. Now 
thev lay down. Then the slave took out a slice of seal meat and gave it 
to his wife, and he gave another one to his young child. The child ate 
it, luit it did not <-hew it. and swallowed it at one gulp. The piece of 
.seal choki'd the child. It almost died, because the seal meat was choking 



1 i.iLi'ng-it. NLk*'ct uks-he'tst. NLk"'e La k-"a'tsk"deit hl tjal- 

tlii- slavi-s. Then he from sent Then (perf.) they landed at 

lalldtdsi'a them. 

•2 ts"a'p i.e hwil wi'tk''detg'e. 

thi- whiri' they had enine 

town (roin. 

3 TgOni. hei, i.go-wi'lk"siLk"g'e: "Tsk ma'LdEsEui tsE La no'oe. 

This sjiiil the prince: ■Tell you that lam 

little dead. 

4 Ni.k'*('' g'elo iiiE dzK sKm ma'LEL dzedzaX tsE hwi'leE." Hwai! 

IKml ymi tell plenty I do." Well! 

.") (i'a'tg'e tpuiL LiLi'ng'it k'a'tsk^dcL lii ts"osk"L dEui yu'ksa. 

The man and the slave?" landed when a little .fut.i evening. 

t) Ni-k'T' bax-Lo'odet. NLk"e la'mdzixdet aL hwilpi. sEm'a'g'lt. 



N'Lk'Vt g'e'bEXL sEui'a'g'it: 

Then asked the chief: 

NLk'"e tgonL hi-L g'a'tg'e: ' 

Then this said the man: 



' XeL q"ai-dEde'l.sL Lgo'uLgueia T' 

"He still alive luyson?" 

.ji nak"L da no'ot-maE." Amo'sL 

" Long he is I think." The 



liwiljjL sEm'ii'g'it hwil dzo(|L LiLi'ng'it (janL 

thehoUM- the chief where lived the slaves and 



nak"st qanL 



his \ 



and 



i.go-t,go'uLk"t. 

his ehild. 

little 

k'"("lL da'ssrun 



NLk-'e 

Then 



i/i lala'i.detg"e. 

they lay down. 



NLk-"et 

Then he 



go UL 

took 



•Tix 



XLk''et gina'mt aL nak'st. 

Then Rave it to his wife. 



xa E 

the 
slave 

NLk'"et huX 

Then again 



•ina'inL k^'e'Elt at, Lgo'uLk"t, Lgo-q"ai-t8*ets'o'osk"L Lgo-tk'e'Lk"g'S. 



Hwii'il (J("'1)EL Lgo-tk''e'Lk"L e'lix. NLk'V 

W.li: It ale it tlie ehild the Then 



l)'axLo'qgut. 



little 

NLk-'e 



t'a'g'atjstg'e. 

it was ehokillK. 



NLk-"i 

Then 



little 

nig "it qent. 

not it ehewe^l 
it. 

a'd'ik"sk"L 



txa- 

all 
dElU 

I fill.) 



hwJl no't'iL Lgo-tk ■"(•'!. k" 

wh.Te dead the ehild 



hwil 



st|a-d"a'L e'lix 



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183 



it. The child's mother put her hand into its mouth, tryiriir to pull out 
the piece of seal, hut she could not reach it. Mei- hand was too short. 
Then she cried. Now the chief's wife rose and went to the iryiii},^ 
woman. She asked her, ''Whj- do you cry;" The slave's wife 
replied. ■■~S[y child is choking. We do not know what is ol)striu-ting 
its breath." Then the chieftainess put her hand into the mouth of the 
child. Her fingers were long. Her hand reached down, and she felt 
the slice of seal. Then she took it out. Then she knew what it was. 
Behold, it was seal meat. Then she told the chief, and he asked, 
"Where did that come from?" He saw that it was boiled seal meat, 
therefore he asked. Then they told him that the old town was full of 
the meat of trout and salmon and spring salmon and halibut and seals 



g'ime-y6'xk"L Le naujt. Tgon hwils noxi. Lgo-tk^'CLk". Lo- 

through went tho breath. This di.l the the rhilii. In 

mother of little 

d'Ep-Lo'odEL au'o'nt aL ts'Em-a'cjL Lgo-tk'^e'Lk". NLk'"e lo-d'Ep- 

down she her hand to in the the ohihi. Tlien in down 



scjo'k'sk^t. Dslde'lpk^L an'o'iiL hana'qg'f 

it was Short wore the hands the woniim. 

beyond reach. of 

hwil sig"a'tkMetg"e. Nl qan 

(verbal they cried. Therefore 



NLk''( 

Then 



wl-t'e'si. 

Diiich 



gMn-he'tk"L nak'sL sEm'ii'g'it. 

rose the wife the chief. 



NLk'"e iii'et aL awa'ai. hwil hahii'Et. NLk''e a'lg'ixt: 

Then she to the prox- wiiere they were Then she said; 



•Ago'i, 

•Why 



iiere they wer 
went imity of crying. 

qan hahii'sEm T" Ni-k-'e de'lEniExk^L nak'si, xa'Eg'e: ''Nig-J 

dovoucrv?" Then answered the wife the slave: "Not 

of 

dEp hwila'x-t sqa-d'fi't aL k-si-y6'xk"L nfiLqL Lgo-tk-'e'i,k"." 



NLk'"e lo-d"Ep-L6'6d: 

Then in down pm 

Lgo-tk-"e'lk". Ne'lEk 

the child. Lon- wen 

little 

an'o'nL sig'idEmna'q. 

the hand the chieftainess. 
of 

NLk""o k'si-do'qt. 

Then out she took 

it. 

Gwina'del, elx ! N^k-'et 

Behold, seal! Then 



NLk-'e g-i'daxi> sEmTi'g-it tsK 

Then asked the chief 

a'nuksEm elxt. NiLne't ((an 

done (cooked) .seal. Therefore 

iuetk"L qal-t.s'a'p aL laX qauL 

full was the town of trout and 



t,ild the chieftainess 

hwtl witk"t. 



o-ida'xt. 

lie asked. 



Nik-Vt 



rna'i.detg 

tl.ev told hll 



han qauL ya'E qauL t.\ox' 

salmon and sprinK and halibill 





breath of 


little 






EL .Sig'idEmna'q 

the chieftaines.s 


an'o'nt i 

her hand 


iiL tsV-ni 

at in 


-fi'qL 

the 

>ntli i>f 


8 


qa-tsewe'nttg'r>. 

her fingers. 


XLk--e 

Then 


lo-d"Ep-a'q 

in down rea< 


Lk"L 

[•he<l 


9 


NLk-"e baqL hwil sqa-dVi'L da'sgum 

Then she felt where across was a slice of 
the way 

NLk-"e k-si-daa'qLk"t. NLk-"et hwiisi 

Then ont she nnide it Then she knv\ 


elx. 
i'x-t. 

V it. 


10 
11 



la'LEL stg-idEmna'q aL sEni'iVg-it. 12 



Hwtla'yit hwil 13 

He knew it l»-in|{ 



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and poi-poisesand sealions and whales; that there were four whales, and 
that the water wiis covered with grea;<e. They. said that the town was 
full of provisions. Then the chief and the ehieftainess and all the 
prii-.ces" uncles could not sleep. One of his uncles had two daujrhters 
who were e.\ceedin<^ly pretty. 

F^arlv in the niornin<r the chief said, ••Order the people to return 
to the place where we left the prince." He did so on account of the 
information he had received. Then they arrived, and behold, they saw 
grea.se covering the water. Then one of the prince's uncles dressed 
up his two daughters. Then hoards were put across the middle of the 
amoe, and the children were placed on them. He thought. "'My 
nephew shall marry my daughters." Many canoes were approaching 



1 qani, elx qanL dziX qanL t'e'bEn qanL Lpen, txalpxL Lpen. 

and seal and por- and soalion and whale. four whales;, 

poise 

2 NLk"'e metk^L lax-a'k's ai- t'elx*. NLk'"e SEm-k"'a-wi-t'e'sL 

Then full it was on the of grease. Then really very much 

water 

3 hwil metk°L qal-ts'a'pg"e. NLk"'e ni'g'i waqL sEm'a'g'it (janL 

(verbal lull the town. Then not slept the chief and 

noun) 

4 sig'idKnina'q (jam. txane'tk''L qa-nEbe'pk"'L Lgo-wi'lk*sii.k"g"e. 

thcehieft&incss and all the mother' .s the prince. 

brothers of little 

5 K"ali. nEbe'ptg'e bagade'lL Lg"it max-hana'q, sEm-k"'a-lak"s-g"a't 

One liis mothcr'.s two children all women. very exceedingly 

lirotlier hail 

6 ama Ir-'nitj.-^Tt. 

ginKl pretty. 

7 NLk*'e sEm-he'i.uk. ni.k''e a'lg'ixi, sEm'a'g'it. At gun-lu'ki. ts'ap 

Then very in morn- then s^iid the chief. He <»rdennl to the 

inj:. move town 

8 aL dEin lo-helya'ltk"t ai. awa'ai. i.go-wi'lk'siLk", aL hwil 

to (fut. ) return to the prox- the prince, because 



9 ult naxna'i., 

(perf.) he heanl. 



ai. awa ai. 

to the prox- the 
imity of little 

wi-t'e's hwi'ltg'e. NLk" 

great he did so. Then 



daa'qLkMet ya'ltk"dct 

they arrived they returned 



10 aL awa'ai. i.go-wilk'sfLk". 



NLk''e La ad'a'd'ik'sdet. gwina'deL, 

Tlien when they came. behold. 



11 t'e'lix" ili g'a'adet aL lax-a'k'.- 

grva.sc (pcrf.) they saw at or. the 



NLk""et no't'EiiL k''alL iiEl)e'pL 

Then dressed one uncle 



12 i.go'uLk''tg'e 

hi.1 child 



(lani. 

an.l 



13 sg'i'L d'a-gan aL 

they sit- s'tiek.i at 

put ting 

14 Lg'i'tg'e. Tgoni. 

lhechlMr.-n. This 



liuX k-Yi 

also line, 

lo-.se'lukL 

in the 
middle of 

heL 



bagade'ltg'e. 



NLk-"et 

Then 



le-sqa- 



mal. 



e of canoe. 

qii'otL 

the heart 



NeL 

That 

nnbe'pL 

Ihe uncle 



t hwil le-hwa'ndeL 

where on they sit 

Lgo-wi'lk'siLk''g-e: 

prince: 



1; 



■ Dnni 

(Ful.l 



na'k"sguL 

marry 



gusle'.scE 

my nephew 



LgO ULgUCE 
my child 



little 

lani. huX 

iind again 



k-alt." 

one." 



^^^J TSIMSHIAN TK.XTS IS') 

the html. Then tlir priiu-.. went out. lie did net allow them tu lai.d. 
He took one l.ox out and opened it. II.. took a how and aiTow> out 
of it and shot at the eanoes. He did not desire them t<. eome. l,eeau>e 
they had des<>rted him. Theiefore ho was very anj^ry. Hut linallv 
the people landed and went up. They made little sheds, and he ixnu- 
food to his father and mother. He pitied them, therefore hi- did so. 
When they were approaehin,<-- the shore one woman stretched out 
her hands to eat the grease that she saw on the water. Therefor.' tli.- 
prince, the chiefs .son, was ashamed. He did not marry her, hul 
he married onh' the younger one. 

The people went ashore. Then the i)rin<e invited them into his 



NLk-"e adTi'd'ik-sdeitg-.-' wl-he'li. mal. NlU-'o k-.saXi, 1 

Then canu' many cnnoes. Then wi'iili.iit 

Lgo-wi'lk-siLk". Ni'g-it ana'(|L dEm k-'esk-'a't.skdet. Ni^k-'et 2 

the prince. Not he iiKrecil ifut.i thev I.ukI. Then he 

little 

k"si-go'uL k-"t"lL xpe'is. Ni.k-"."' k-si-gO'ut ai. g-ali|. Nr.k-".''! 3 

out took one box-. Then ..ut lielo,,k lo ,.nl,*i.h-. Then he 

it 

q'a'gat. XLk-"et l.")-g(:)'uL ha-Xda'k" .lani. liawi'l. Ni.k-Vt 4 

opened it. Then he in took !i l>ow nmi arrows. Then he 

guXL txane'tk"L mmal. Ni'gi liasa'i|t ai. dK.m afra'd'Tk-sk"t 5 

shot all the eanoes. Not he wanleil l.. ilul.i ihey eome 

&L t hwil sl.sak"sta'iisd(^it iu''tg"i'''. Ni'lih"-'!, .[an wi-t't'^'si, hwil •> 

[because they had left behind liini. Therefore hewiisMiueh iverlial 

noiiit) 

lo-si'epk"i. qa'ott. NLk""e k"'esk"'a'tskt wi-he'ldKin g'at. Ni.k"*e 7 

in sick heart. Then landed many people. Then 

bax-Lo'odet. NLk'"."' dzfpdza'pd.'r. k"<")])i;-hwi'l]) ha.|"o'i.. Ni.k""e S 

up they went. Then tley made little h.mses tents. Then 

YukL t g'lnL i.go-wi"lk's?Lk" iiKgua'.uIr.t (|ans nt")xt. !• 

began he to sive the ]irin< i- hi- iaiher and hi> 

food little inoihir. 

Q'iiL-qa'odEt lat qan hwilt. Tgoni. liwtli. k-'ali. liana'.|gv. Q'ai 1<> 

He took pity 

tsE tsagam-yu'kL mal ai. lax-a'k-s, k-"."'t t"uks-i.(V(')dKi. an'.Vnt 11 

when from reached the at on the then -h.' out put her hand 

sea to land canoe water. 

at g-e'ipL t'elx- aL g'a'at ai. lax-a'ks. Nr.i.n."''!. qan 1:2 

she ate grease at seeiiiK on i>ti tlie lliereii.r>- 

dzaqL Lgo-wi'lk-siLk". i,go'ui.k"i. sKmVi'g-it. Ni.k-"."' ni'g-it i:i 

was the prince. thechil.l.if ih.- chief. Then le.l he 

ashamed little 

nak-sk"t: q"am-k-Yri Lgo-t.s*Kwi'ng-it. lui.ne'i. na'k-sgutgv. 14 

married her; only one the ymin(;e.«t. her he inarned. 

little 

NLk-"e Lfi tsagam-.ia'.H-lKi, (jal-ts'a'p, ni.k-"et w<".'6l 1"> 

Then when iron, sea were gone the people 

to land 



18(3 mUKAl' OK AMKKK'AX KTHNOLOGY [bi'll.27 

house. The people went in and he gave them meat of trout and sahnon 
and sprin<r sahnon and halibut and seals and porpoises and sealions and 
whales. He gave them to eat. Then his father's people were very 
glad, and the people gave the prince elk skins and all kinds of goods, 
canoes, and slaves. 

Now the prince came to he a great chief. He had four houses full 
of elk skins, manv slaves, and manv canoes. He was a great chief. 
When his father died, he gave a potlatch. He invited all the peo- 
ple in. and gave away many elk skins and slaves, because his father 
had been a great chief. After he had given this potlatch his mother 
died. Then he gave aiiothci- i)otlatch. Again he invited all the peo- 



1 Lgo-wi'lk"siLk". NLk''e La ts'ElEm-qa'dEL qal-ts'a'p, nLk"'e 

Ihi' princf. Then when intii went the people, then 

little 

2 txa'gant. LsIXl gi'pdetg'e (|ani, han qanL j^a'E ([anL 

he mude Trout they ate it iiiiil salmon and spring and 

them eat. salmon 

3 txox' qanL elx qanL dzlX ([aiiL t'e'ben qanL Lpeu. NLk''e 

halibnt and seal and porpoise and sealion and whale. Then 

i k\sax-g'ina'mL La qa-ts'o'ot. NLk''e SEm-l6-am"a'mL qago'oL 

out he gave some. Then very in good hearts 

5 qal-ts'a'ps uEgua'odEt. NLk"'et g"ekL qal-ts'a'p aL 

the iwople of his father. Then bought the people of 

6 Lgo-wi'lk'.siLk" aL Lia'n (|anL txane'tk^L lig'i-hwi'I ([anL 

the prinee for elk nu.i all e..i>ds luid 

little 

7 mmfil (jaiiL .siso'sEin i.tLi'ngit. 

ennoes ami little slavi-. 

wI-t'e'sL hwil sEm'a'g'iL Lgo-wi'lk'siLk". TxalpxL 

he was great l>eing a chief the prince. Four 

little 

hwil inEtme'tk"L Liii'n. ISLk^'e SEm-k'a-wi-he'lL 

hi-\ui: full of elk. Then verj- many 

qaiiL iiiinal. NLk*'e wI-t'e'sL hwil sEm'a'g'it. 

slaves and Canutes. Then he wa,s great being a chief. 

1 1 Ni.k"'e no'os nEgua'odEt. NLk*'e yukt. wo'ol txane'tk"L 

Tli.n died his father. Then he gave a he all 

potlatch. invited 

\-j hwil (izKxdzo'(|. NLk'"e wi-h(">'lL Lia'n g'lnfi'mt qanL LtLt'ng'it 

tin- i-innps. Then a many elks he gave and slaves 

great 

1:5 ai. liwtl wi-tV''sL sEina'g'its iiKgim'odEt. Hwiii! La Lesk"L 

iKcaiLse great was a chief his father. Well! When he 

14 yu'ktg'e, niL k-"e huX no'os noxt. 

the iKillalch. then also died his 

moilier. more 

1.5 yukt. Mux txa-wo'odeL hwil dzExdzo'q. NLk^'et huX 

he gave n Again all he inviteil the camps. Then he again 



8 


NLk -'e 




Then 


it 


huwi'lp 




houses 


10 


LiLi'ngit 





finished 


S'Lk'e 


ha'ts'EkvsEm huX 


Then 


again onc« 



«'-^H •I'SIMSIUAN IKXTS 1S7 

pie, and gave tlieiii elk skin- ami slaves and canoes. He licaiiie a 
great chief, because he iVd tlie e;itiles. and tlie eajiles had pitied luin. 
Therefore he became a i;reat cliiel'. His name was LiUle-ea<de. 



g'lna'iUL i.iti'n qanL LiLi'no'it (janT, niinal. Hwiiil tSi wi-t'e'si. i 

gave t-lks inid sbivus mi. I niiioi's. Wfli: i I'crf.) heivasKrciit 

hwil sEm'a'g'it, i.Kt hwil g'C'ni, xsk'a'k*g"e. Ni,k''et sityii'wui. 2 

being a chief, lircunsc he Kiivc the cngles. Then reliirne.1 II 
iVi.ui tci 

xsk'ak" Le ([{lem-cia'udEt. NlhCl qan wi-t'e'si, sKni'ii'g'it. 3 

the eagles ilie pity. Therefore he wiisii groat ehief. 

Lgwa-xskl'yrdii. hwa'tg"e. 4 

Little- eagle was his name. 



SHE-WH()-1IAS-A-LABRET-0X-0XK-SIDE 

[Told by Moses] 

There was a. town. There was a chief and a chieftainess. They 
had a son. He wa.s almost grown up. He had four friends, who were 
always near him. They were playinf;: all the time. Once upon 
a time one of them went out of the house. He saw a little slave 
{,'iri coming along the street. She entered the last house of the town. 
There. she sat down near the tire. Then the wife of the owner rose, 
took the back of a salmon, and gave it to the little slave girl, but she 
did not accept it. The little slave girl ro.se and left the house. She 

K'"aI.-1I.\'TGUM g'E'SEMK" 
()S-ONE-SU>E-STASDISG-LABKET 



1 llctk"i, qal-ts"a'p. NLk'"c k''ali- sEm'a'g'it, nLk'"c huX 

There stood n town. Then one chief. then ulso 

2 k''alL sig"idEmna'q. Hwiiil K-'ali, Lgr)'uLk"t tk'*e'i.gum gat. i,a 

one chiefuiiness. Weill It wa^i nis child a boy. When 

one 

3 ts'o'osk'L dEm wit'e'st, txalpxdai an-SEpsi'ebEnsk"t. Ni.k''e 

hewiisnllttle (fnl.) larpe, four his friends. Then 

i qa'ne-hwila lo-hwa'ndet aL awa'ai. Lg6'uLk"L sEiii'a'g'it. 

alwavs in thev sat at the prox- the son of the chief. 

imity of 

5 Txane'tk"'!, sai. hwT'ldet. La nak"L hwi'ldet aL qa'ne-hwila 

Kvery day they did so. (Perf.) I.mf; they did so and always 

6 qala'(idet. NLk"'c si-go'n, nLk"'e k"saXL k"alt. NLk""et g"a'aL 

they pla.ved. Then after a then went out one. Then he saw 

while 

7 hwil sTsa'g'ap-yukL Lgo-wa'tk". SEm-qa.sqa'm hetk"L hwilp aL 

where on the street came a slave Verv last of row stood a house at 

little g>r\. 



8 


<l"apL 


ts'ap. 


XcL hwi 


1 ts'enL 


Lgo-wa'l 


;k". XLk-"e d"at aL 




the 

ind „i 


the 
town. 


That wher. 


entered 


the .Slav 
little girl 


e Then she sat at 
I. down 


!t 


.fapL 


lak". 


XLk-"e 


hetk"L 


nak-SL 


g'a'tg'e. NLk-'et 




the end 
of 


the lire. 


Then 


sicmd 


the wife 
of 


a man. Then 


10 


goUL 


LC 


k-"6EL 


1 1:1 11. 


NLk-"et 


g'enL Lgo-wa'tk". 




she 

t.H.k 




the back 
of 


-nlmon. 


Then 


she gave the slave pirl. 
to eat little 


11 


NLk--e 


ni'g'I 


it go'ut. 


\Lk-"e 


hetk"t. 


NLk*'e ha'ts'Ik'SEm 




Then 


not 


shet'Mik 

it. 


Then 


.she 
stood. 


Then once more 


12 


hiiX 


k-..uXt. 


N'Lk'.-i 


huX ts 


"ent aL 


huX k'elL hwilp. 




iifain 


she went 


Then 


attain 


she in 


airain one house. 



BO^i^l TSIMSllIAN TKXTS ] ,S'.» 

entered another liouse. and ayain sat down ncartlic liiv. Tlic wife uf 
the owner ro.se and gave licr tlie hacks of salmon to cat. hut ~hc did 
not accept them. She left the honse. She did so in cvcrv iionsc 

The friend of the chiefs son who iiad gone out r(>-cntered and said 
to the prince, "A litth^ slave "irl is coming along tlie street." Tlien 
his friends spoke: ''Why don't you marry her when she comes in 
hereT'' When .she came near the chiefs house, they took a mat and 
spread it in the rear of the house. Tiic ])rince sat down on it. Then 
the little slave girl entered. Her head was very large. .She was nut 
at all clean. One of the prince's friends said. "Sit down over here." 
Then the little slave girl walked to the rear of the house and .sat down 
by the side of the prince. His friends started a large tire. Her hands. 



NLk"'e huX d'at at. <i"api, lak". Ni.k''c huX lietk"i. nak'sL 1 

Then asuiii slii- siit at thu eii.l llu' Tli.ii iiu':iin sl.i<i.l lli.- wife 

.luwn nf Mr.-. (.f 

g'at. NLk'T't huX g'ent ai> k'oK. Ni.k'e ni'g'it g'e'ipt. 2 

thu TlKIl llKaill she ksiVc- nt Link. Tlirli II. .1 >li.- all- it. 

man. ht-r tc. eat 

NLk'*e ha'ts'ik'SEm k'.saXt. Txam"''tk"i. luiw?'lp hwti hwi'lt. 3 

Then ..nec-uum- slu- iv,-nt All li..u-,s >1„- .li.l >... 

NLk-'e k-saXi. k'"alL g'at. an-siKp't'-'iisk"!, i.go'ui,k"i. 4 

Then he went uiit one matL. a friend i.l thcs<ili..f 

SEm'a'g-it. NLk-'e ha'ts'ik'sEui huX ts'i'nt. NLk"'e a'lg'ixi 5 

the chief. Then once mure again hr .-ntere.i. Then he siKjke 

aL Lgo-wi'lk".siLk": '•Sisisaw'ap-yuki, i.go-wa'tk"." NLk'"e 6 

to the prince: "On the street is a shive girl." Then 

little coming little 

aFa'lg-ixL an-SEpsI'ep'Ensk"!. Lgo-wi'Ik-sii.k". Tgoni. he'det: 7 

spoke thefrien.is..f the j.riiK'e. This they siiid: 

' little 

"Ha'o! All! uiE dsm na'k'.sg-c, atse i.a d(''-ts'e'nt." Ni.k-'et 8 

".\h! Good you ifilt.l marry her, when iperi. ) also she enter-.' Then 

go'udeL sqa'naa. K-'et ba'Ldet aL (falfi'ii. NLk-'e le-d*a'L i.go- !t 

they took a mat. Then theyspread at rear of 



wi'lk-siLk" la'Et. NLk-'e a'd'ik-sk"i. i.go-wa'tk". NLk-'e t.s'ent. U" 

prince unit. Then came ^the^ slave girl. Then ^__slu.^^ 

Qa-la'iL Lgo-t'Em-q'e'st: ni'g-i sak'skn. Ni.k-'c a'lg-ixi. k-'illi. H 

As large her head; nut clean. Then s,H.ke •■<«■ 

as that little _ i «i i- •• i .1 

an-sT'EpEnsk"!. Lgo-wi'lk-sii.k": " Hwagait-g-C- e dnm hwil dan. 1- 



friend of the prince: ■civeriiiere is (filt.) - d,,,;,,"'- 

little 

NLk-'e o-ime-iii'L Lgo-wa'tk". Ni.k-'e d'at ai. sto'ok'sL Lgo- 1* 

" . , ,;; .l.,v,. Then -he -at at the side of the 

Then to rear went th.- slay "" " ' ; ll„le 

of honse htile Kirl. down V L •- 1.1 

wi'lk-siLk". NLk-'e vid<l sr.-ine'Lt an-sipsrep'Ensk"t lak". .NlR-c 

T,,, „ ■, „,, ,,, t,i,r„ the iriilids lire. I I. •11 

prince. llien inmii o' (ion 

lak". Txane'tk"i. an'o'nt .itiiu. (la.sisa'it (laiw. i-il»J''"t ^^ 

much burnt tbt* 



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BIKKAT <)K AMKKICAX ETHNOLOGY 



her feet, and her whole body were covered with siahs. The prince's 
friends saw it. Then the ihieftainess rose. She took .some dr3' 
sahnon. roa.stcd it at the tire, and when it wa.s done she broke it to 
pieces and put it into a dish, which she placed before the boy and the 
little slave j^irl. Then they ate. When the dish was empty, one of 
the friends stepped up to them, intending to take the di.sh. Then the 
little slave girl took one large scab from her l)ody and put it into the 
dish. She said. "Place it in front f)f the chief." One of the men 
did so. The great chief looked at it. lichokl. it was a large abaloue 
shell. Then the chief was ver_v glad. 

The chicftainess took another dish, and she put into it crab apples 
mi.\ed with grea.se. Another man placed it in front of the prince and 



1 hwil 



tq'al-hwa'nL 



ama'lk" 

soabs 



at 

they 



g-a ai. 

saw it 



an-sEps!'ep'En.sk"L. 

ilie friends of 



2 Lgo-wi'lk*.siLk". 

the prince. 



NLk''e hetk°L sig"idEmna'q. 

Then stooti the chieftainess. 



NLk-"et 

Then she 



gOUL 

took 



3 gwa'lgwa han. NLk'"et mcLt el lax-ts'a'L lak". XLk''e a'uukst. 



salmon. Then she roasted at 



4 Ni.k'et 

Then 

5 sg'it 

she laid 



xtse'Elt 

she broke it 
to pieces. 

aL qa-sa'XL 

at front of 



NLk'et 

Then 



lo-do'xt 

in she put 



on edge of 

aL 



Lgo'uLk"! 

her son 



C txa'xk"dctg"e. NLk'T't lo-dza'Ldei. 



qanL 

and 



ts'akv 

dish. 



ts'Em-ts'a'k" 

in dish. 

Lgo-wa'tk". 



XLk"*e 

Then 



XLk-'e 

Then 

NLk''e 

Then 

hagun-ia'L 

toward went 



7 k"";ilL an-srep'Ensk"t 

i>ne his friend 

8 g'ldi-go'uL Lgo-wa'tk". 

right she t<)ok the slave girl. 



dElll 
(tut.) 



tan 

who 



go UL 
took 



tsak-. 

a dish. 



NLk'"et 

Then 



NLk"'e sa-go'udEL k""elL wl-ama'lk". 

Then off she took one big scab. 



9 Tgon hwil tq'al-d'a't. Nxk-'et lo-sg'i't aL ts'Em-ts'a'k'. XLk'e 

This where ngaitist it wa.s. Then iu she laid at in thedLsh. Then 

it 

10 a'lg'ixL Lgo-wa'tk": ''Qa-sa'XL sEm'ii'g'it iue hwil sg"it." XLk-'e 





said the slave girl: " In front of the chiei 
little 


t you 


where lay it.' 


Then 


11 


hwilL k"'illL g'at. 


XLk-'et g-a'aL 


wi-SEm'a'g-it. Gwina'deL, 


12 


did »J one person. 

wT-bEla'. NLk"'e sEni-1 


Then saw it 
lo-ii'mL qii'oL ; 


the 
great 

<Em'a'g- 


chief. 

it. 


Behold, 




a hiiliotis Then verv 
gr.nl shell. 


in k...hI heart 


the chiel 






i:? 


Ni,k*'et huX go'ui 


, .sig-idEinna'q 


ts'ak-. 


NLk--et 


lo-g'a'nL 




Then again t<K>k 


the chieftAine.s.s 


a dish. 


Then 


in she put 


14 


ui'ix IiVot. NLk-'et 


huX SgML 


k-'alL 


gat aL 


qa-sii'XL 




crHli apple in It. Then 
and grea.-e 


again laid It 


one 


person at 


front of 



boas] 



TSIMSHI.W TKXrs ifq 



avc 



the littlo skve o-irl. (I,,,,!,!,.,, times tl„. ,„.,,|,1,. „..■.! t,. cull il,i. 
wife.") When they lisid eut.Mi. she tr.nk <,ll another s,-al.. and I.eliC'lil 
there was a large ahalone sjiell. That is what was .,n her l.n.K. She 
phieed it in the dish, and then she said. •• I'laee it hefon' tile ei.ief- 
tiiiness." A man did so. Then the .'hief and the ehieftainess and the 
prince were very glad when tliey knew tiiat she was not a slave, a.s 
the priuce'.s friend had said. 

Now they finished eating. In the evening a woman eame to tiie 
house and pushed aside the door. Sh(> stood in the doorway and sai.l. 
"Did not She-who-has-a-kbret-on-one-side enter tliis house*" One 
of the prince's friends said, *'Come in. eome in! She has married the 
chief's son." The woiujin replied. "Indeed, my dear, then take (rood 



Lgo-wi'lk-siLk" qanL Lgo-wa'tk". (Nl su-hwa'tKi. wai.i:n-g-ig-a't 1 

the prince and the slave Kirl. (That matic name tl,,- '^i,.Ci,l,. 

" litth" lornuT 

EL na'k-sEui watk".) NLk-"e huXt hVdza'Ldei, ts'ak- (lani. 2 

at «il'- slave, i Then auain in thevale the ali.l 

alJ .lish 

Lgo-wi'lk-siLk". NLk-"et huX sa-gO'udEL k-"elL wI-bEhl'. 3 

the prinee. Then alsd off she put r>ne Kreat linliulN 

"""^ .shell. 

Nluc'l tq'al-hwa'nt aL LEpui'nt. Ni.k-'et hiiX lo-sg-i't aL ^ 

That against were on her hodv. Tlie?i apain in she in 

laid it 

ts'Em-tsa'k-. XLk-"e tgOn hei. i.go-wa'tk": -Qa-sa'Xi. 5 

in dish. Then this sjiid the slave Kirl: ■■Front of 

little 

sig-idEmna'q neLue' hie hwil .sg-it.' Ni.k-"t" hwTli, k-'aJL G 

the ehieftaine.ss there yon where lay it." Then did so one 

g'a'tg'e. NLk-'e sEm-lo-a'mL qaoi, sEm'a'gMt qani. .sig-idEnina'q 7 

person. Then very in good heart the ehief and the ehieftainess 

qanL Lgo-wi'lk'siiLk" La nig'it hwila'.x'det ni'g'idi wa'tk"L 8 

and the prince when not thev knew not a slave 

little girl 

sgost de-he'de an-.sip.sI'ep"Ensk"L Lgo-wt'lk'slLk". 9 

that on said the friends i>f the prinee. 

their part little 

NLk"'c La qa'odeL txa'xk"detg'e; nLk''e La yu'k.sa. nLk''e 10 

Then when it wa.s they ate; then when it was then 

finished evening. 

a'd"ik"sk"L hana'q aL g'a'lEtj. Xt'g'i ts'ent. tfain-k'YiL-Lo'odEL 11 

came a woman to outside. Not slie only a.side ^he 

entered, pnshe«l 

a'dz'Ep. NLk''e ts'ElEm-he'tk"t. Nr.k'"e a'lg'ixt: '•Nt"'eL tsT-ns l-_> 

the door. Then into she Then she spoke: ■■-Vol entend 

stood. 

K"'aL-ha'tguin q'e'sEinq ul ts'Em-hwilhfiT" NLk-"e a'lg'i.xi. ]:'> 

On-one- standing- labret at in house.'^' Then sjn.kc 

side- 

k-'alL an-sI'ep"Ensk''L Lgo-wi'lk'.siLk": "T.s'eii seI T.sV-n .-eI 14 

one friend of the prince: ■'Come Conie 

little in: mi! 

Nak'sk^L Lgo'iiLk^L sEma'g'it." "A. net. anxa'E: t.se 15 

She married the son of the ehief. ' -Oh. yes. my dear: 



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[BULL. 27 



fare of her." Thus said the wouian who was standing in the door- 
wav. She continued. '• My people will tome to visit the chief's son 
to give food to him. They will bring much food — boxes of grease, 
boxes of cral) apples mixed with grease, boxes of cranberries, soap- 
berries, and dried meat, and much fat."' 

It grew dark. Early the next morning there was a fog on the 
river. Then many canoes that were full of boxes approached. One 
canoe wa.s full of boxes of crab apples, one was full of berries, another 
one full of soapberries, another one full of meat, still another 
one full of fat, and two amoes were full of elk skins, marten skins, 
and copper plates. They put them iiiti) tlie house of the chief, 



k"opE-ama-g"a'adEsEm." NLk*'e a'lg"ixL hana'q t*i'ElEm-he'tk°tg'e. 

a little well look out for her." Then said the into she stood. 

woman 

TgonL he'tg'e: ''Deui a'd'ik'sk"!. Le ts'ii'be, dsra fan 

This she said: "(Fut.) come my (fut.) who 



people. 



1 

2 

3 g"enL Lg6'uLk"L sEm'a'g'it ai. wI-he'ldEm wuue'x"; ande-t'e'lx 

i 
5 



qanL 

anil 



ma E 

berries 



ande-La'ix 

box crab appli 
of and preas* 

qanL hwil 



qanL 

and 



ande-t'eme'et 

l)ox (a red 



qanL 



hwil 

where 



box of grease 

lo-do'xL 

in are 



lo-do'xL 



IS qanL 

soap- and 



gwa igwa 

dr>- 



smax" 

meat. 



N'Lk-'e 

Then 



sEm-wI-heiL 

very much 



Ni.k-T> 



NLk'e 

Then 



hix-." 

fat." 

yu'k.sa, 

evening. 

a'd'ik'sk"L 



nLk''e 

then 



Wl-he'ldEI. 
manv 



sEm-he'Luk. 

very morning. 

inmal. 

canoes. 



NLk*'e sg'iL 

Then there was 



le n. 

fog. 



Metk''L q'amii'edEL 

It was full one canoe 



mal aL hee'nEq. 

canoe of boxe-s. 



NLk-"e 

Then 



huX 



uL ande-Lii'Jx. 

f»f l>ox cn»b apples 

of and prease. 

\\\\\\ lo-du'xL 

wlu-rc In were 



NLk--e 

Then 



huX q'amii'edEL 

again 



q'ama'edEL mal 

cano< 

mal; 



one canoe 



metk"t 

it was full 



(ine canoe 



metk°t aL 

it wa$ full of 



metk"t 

it wa> full 



aL 



hwil 

where 



:. IIuX 

.«. .Mm. 

lo-do'xL 



k''elL, nietk"t 

one. It wan full 



<max' 

meat. 



berries. 

NLk-"e 

Then 



llWlll, liuX 
was Mi more 

IS. NLk''e 

Then 

huX 



k''elL 

one 

huX 

alM> 

metk"L 



mal. 

canoe. 



HuX 

Also 



hwilL 
huX k-'elt 



huX 

more 



liix". Ni.k'V' t]alba'elk"si, mmfil 



hwil 

where 



iiiitn)e'tk"L Liii'n 

full elks 



qani. 

and 



t.\aiie'tk"L haf qanL 

alt marten and 



haya'tsk". 

copper 



NLk''e metk''L hwilpL 



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whicli was entirely Hlled hy the jjoods. Then tlio chief and tiie ehicf- 
taines.s were very glad. 

Now the prince was a great chief. The name cf She-wlio-has-a- 
labret-on-one-side'.s mother was Evening Sky. Slie was a super- 
natural being. Nobody could see her. Her 'people lived far away 
from all other people on the other side. They were not Indiaii.s; 
therefore, they had much wealth and much food. Now the prince 
invited the people in. Then they came, and hi.s father's house was 
tilled with them. Crab apples and grease were given them to eat, and 
various berries and meat and fat. When they finished eating, they 
brought out soapberries. After the feast, on the next day, the peo- 
ple were again invited in. Then the prince put into the middle of the 



SEm\1'git aL La ts'EJKm-d'a'i.det. NLk-'e .sKm-lo-a'mL qa'otL 

the chief nt into they put it. Then very in good heart 

SEm'a'g'it qaoL sig-idEmna'q. 



the chief 


,ind 


the chiettainess. 








NLk-'e 


La 


wI-t'e'sL hwil sEm'a'g 


■itL LgO 


-wI'lk'.siLk". 


3 


Then 


IJ.LTf.) 


great being chief 


the 
little 


prince. 




HuXdza'n 


hwar 


iioxs K''aL-ha'tgum (i 


'e'sEmq. 


Naxno'qg'e; 


4 


Evening sky 


was the the On-one- standing- 
name of mother of side- 


labrel. 


She was a supcr- 
natunil being; 




nig'idet 


g'a'aL 


g'at. Qal-da'L de-ts'a'pt; 


Ill'gMdi 


alo-gig-a't; 


5 


not 


sees her 


11 person. Alone on on their her 
other side part people; 


not 


real men; 
(Indians) 




ncL qan 


wi-he' 


IdEL lig'i-hwi'ltg'e qanL 


wI-he'ldEi 


;. wune'x". 


6 


therefore 


many her goods nnd 


much 


food. 




NLk-"et 


WO'OL 


Lgo-wi'lk'.siLk" hwil 


dzaxdzu'q 


N'Lk-'e 


7 


Then 


invited 


tlie prince tlie people. 


Then 





ad'a'd'ik"sk"t. 

they came. 



g-at. 

people. 



NLk''et 

Then 



NLk-'e 

Then 

txa'i 



metk"L hwilps iiEgua'odEt aL wi-he'ldEm 

WHS full the house his father of nmny 



Lwa'ik'sk"tg'e (|anL 



"andetg'' 

fed them 



smax'L 



g-a'tk"tc 



■a'tk"tg'e 



qani, 

and 



La qa'odEL La'ix qanL ma's 

when they crab apple and berries 
tinished and grease 

de-da-a'd'ik'sk"L is. NLk''e 

also they brought snaji- Then 



((tinL 

HUd 



(janL 



qauL 

an<) 



hix-. 

fat. 

hix-. 



huX a'd'ik'sk"L 



micsa x' 

.lavlight. 



.\Lk-'et 



The 



qa'odEL 

they finished 

huX wo'oL 

again he 



wuna X', 

the fiKKl. 



g-at. 

the 



huX 

again 



t.s'ElElll-qa'odEL 

iiitu had gone 



g-at. 

the 
jieople. 

B. A. E.. Hii.L. I'T— oy- 



ma E !• 

berrii-s 

\Lk-"e 10 

Then 



nLk-'f 

then 



11 



xl people. 

NLk-'e t'Em-d'a'LL i.ia'n 

Then to the he ellu 

middle put 

-113 



nLk-'e 12 

then 

NLk'e 13 

Then 



((ani, 

and 



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house elk skins, copper plates, slaves, and canoes, which he was 
going to iLse in the pothitch. He distributed them among the people. 
After he had finished, the people went back and returned to their 
own towns. He did so for many days. He gave many potlatches. 
Then he came to be a great chief. Then he married again. He had 
two wives. (In former times they called this ■•one wife on each 
side.") 

Then the prince stjirted in his canoe to vi.--it the town C'hilkat.' 
The elk-s come from this place. The inlanders kill them. The prince 
intended to buy elk skins for copper plates and seal meat. Now he 
arrived at Chilkat. Then he bought elk skins, and he took another wife. 

Now She-who-has-a-labret-on-one-side Mas loft liehind. The prince 
had a brother who was very awkward. The prince went to Chilkat 



1 


haya'tsk" 


qanL ULfng'it ani-yu'kt qan 1 


nv 


lit qani. 


miiud. 




copper 


and slaves nseii in there!' 
potlatch 


ore 


and 


eunoes. 


2 


NLk-'e 


k'saX-ginfi'mt aL txane'tk"i. 




g-at. 


NLk-"e 




Then 


out he gave to all 
Ihem 




the 

IRH,ple. 


Then 


3 


Lesk"t. 


NLk*'e sak'sk"L hwil-dzaxdzcVq. 




H.-'lyaltk' 


ai. 




he 


Then left the jH-ople. 




They relumed 


to 



finished. 

4r lEp-qal-ts'ipts'a'pdetg'e. 

own their towns. 



NLk'"e La wI-he'lL 

Then (pert.) many 



saL hwi'ldetg'e. 

davs thev did so. 



5 NLk'"e La wI-he'lL yukL Lgo-wi'lk"siLk". NLk"'e La wi-t'e'sL 

Then (pcrf.) many potlatches the prince. Then (perf.) he was a 

made little great 

6 sEm'a'g'it. NLk'"e si-go'n, uLk^'e huX nak"st. La bagade'lL 

chief. Then after a then again he (Perf.) two 

while, married. 

7 nak'st. Nl su-hwa'dEL g'l-k'o'L aL lax-hwa'nEmLk". 

his That made name long ago of on each sitting. 

wivt3«. side 

8 NLk- 



.sI-g"a'tk"L Lgo-wi'lk'siLk" at qa'oL k'"elL qal-ts'a'p. 



Then 

9 TsiLiia't 

Chilkat 

10 Lia'ng'e. 



started by the pnnee to 

canoe little 

hwaL (jal-ts'a'pg'e. K'sax 

the the town. Only 

name of 

Tsii:tsa'utk"det fan ia'tsL 

The inlanders are who kill 



11 g"e'k"L Lgo-wi'lk'siLk" Lia'n ul 



haya'tsk" 

copper 



goto 

ne'det 

they 

Lia'ng'e. 
qanL 



hwil 

where 

Nluc'l 

That is 



e'lix. 

seals. 



ba'k"L 

I'ome 
from 

dsm 

(fnt.) 

NLk-'et 

Then he 



12 


hwaL 


rsiLqa't. NLk''et 


g'e'Ek"L 


Lia'n. Si-na'k'sL ma 


'gsint. 




foiinil 


Chilkat. Then 


he bought 


elks. .\ wife he took. 


13 


K-e 


gina-dTi'L K' 


"aL-hi'i'tgum 


q'e'sEUiq. NLk''e 


d'iiL 




Then 


iR-hinil n- nil 
nittliKHl si, 


one- standing- 
le- 


labret. Then 


there 


U 


wak-L 


Lgo-\vi'lk".siLk" 


wT-e'yit, 


wi-dola-g"a'tk". La 


helL 




the brother 
o( 


the prince 
little 


awkwanl, 


a im- man, when 
great proper 


much 



'The narniior iiiainlalne<l Unit this was a place inland near the headwaters of Nass river. 



="-^'*l TSIMSniAN TKXTS ] '.)5 

very ot'toii. Then Shc-who-luis-a-lalirft-on-onc-sidc said u> tlic awk- 
ward mail, •■You shall yo to C'hilkat too." Tli.' awkward man 
answered. •• I have iiothiiij;- to sell." 'riieii She-who-iia.-a lalpirt-un- 
one-side said, '"I will give you soniethiuji- that you iiiav sell then-. 
Take red paint along-." Thus spoke She-who-has-a lalnet-oii-oiic->i(lr 
to the awkward man. '• You shall Iniy weasel skins for the little 
box full of red paint, hut don't let your brother see it when you arrive 
there. When you arrive at Chilkat, walk ahout, and when vou M-e 
the young- women, then put your tinger into the red paint and put it 
on their faces." He did so. When all the young- men and the voiing 
women saw it, they were anxious to buy it. and they asked him. "Is 
it expensive f And they asked the great awkward man. •• What do 



TsiiAja't. 


XLk--e 


u'lg-ixs 


Cliilkiil. 


Thcn 


■.IH.UC 



hwilL Lgo-wi'lk-siLk", at qa'oL 

did the princi'. he went 

little tl) 

K-'aL-hii'tgum (fe'sEiiKi aL wT-dola-jf-a'tgum g'sit: "Aini. 2 

On-one- staudins- lahret to the im- person niiin: ■iitMwi 

side- great proper 

dEm de-ma'xgunist." NLk-"e de'lEmKxk"r, wl-dola-g'a'tgum g'at: 3 

(fut.) on yoti go in canoe." Then replied the iin- person man; 

your part great proper 

"A'qi.de an-wa't'edist."' NLk-'e a'lg-ixs K'Tn.-ha'tgiim (I'r-'sEmcj: 4 

"Without I mv trade." Then said On-one- standing- lahret: 

sido- 

"DEni o--ina'meEL dEm an-wa't'enist. MEs-a'ust. nLnei. dKin an- 5 

"(Fut.) I give U'ut.) your trade. Ked paint, that ilut. 

wa't'enist:" de'yas K-"aL-ha'tgum q'e'sEinti ai. wl-dola-g-a'tguni 6 

your trade;" thus said On-one- standing- lahret to the im- per^..n 

side- great proper 

g"at. " Lgo-xbe'ist hwil lo-la'k't metk" aL lUEs-a'ust. Mi'k-.sii, 7 

man -A box where in is full of red paint. W.asel 

little 

tsE de-g-e'egun. tl-ilo niE tsE gun-g-a'adEt ai. wa'g-tn. Tse 8 

on vou buv. Ponot you make see it to >""'' 

vourpart' ' (show it j brother. 

da Lfi k-"a't.sgun aL T.siLqa't, me tsE k-'e k"uL-ie'en dEm <J 

When youla'n.l at Ohilkat, you then alKiut g.i liul.) 

g-a'an hwil k'uL-LiVoL q"aima'qsKm hfi'naq niE tsE k-'e' Id 

you see where about go young women you then 

mE lo'-k-'P'tsElt. NLk-"e tgOn t.s'a'Eh. (faima'sEm hana'tj. nf'L 11 

you in I.nt thr.-.r. Then tins the laee ..i vcauig w..man. then 

niE dEm hwil t.ral-dTi'tElt." NLk-"." hwTlt. NLk-'et 

you will being agan.st put it." Then h.^.h.l Then 

t\ane'tk"L sil-tfaima'qsit <|:inL txane'tk"!. ha'na.i. 

„,n ilH- youths and all the wmen. 

sEra-al)axba'g"ask"detg-e. NLk-'t't g-e'dExdeiL wi-g-a'tg-e: 

much they w?re troubled. Then they «-sked ^Ute^ man: 

wl-fe'.sdaf NLk--e a'lg'ixL wi-g-a'tg-e: "Wl-fe^s." 

..!■- TI1..T1 -^liM ihe man: "orcat. 

greats 1 In n >^u i i 



g-a'ai. 

-aw it 


li 


Ni.k-Y- 


13 


Then 




"Neil. 

■ Is 11 


14 


• Ago'L 


15 


• What 





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you want tii pxehiinj^of He replied. "I want weasels." Then the 
men and the women liroiiirht wea.sel skins, and the awkward man 
l)oii<,'ht them. He iiad a whole Ixix full of weasel skins. Then he 
had sold all his red paint. 

When the prince saw him. he made fun of his own brotiier. 'i'hen 
thev returned, and arrived at their own town. In the evening 8he- 
who-has-a-labret-on-one-side questioned the awkward man. her 
brother-in-law. and he showed her what he had purchased. Early 
the ne.xt morning She-who-has-a-labret-on-one-side said to the awk- 
ward man, •" Go to the place where the watt^r runs down. I shall go 
to meet you there." She intended to leave her husband, because he 
did not take her along when he went to Chilkat. Therefore she was 



1 dnm de-g'e'gunist ?" NLk'"e huX a'lg'i.vL wi-g'a't: 

rliiymi on lo bu>'.'" Then again said the miin: 

H-ant your part great 

2 de-ha.sa'gae.'' XLk''e doqi, hana'q i.a ga-mi'k'sii. e'uxt. 



on my 
part' 

Sflk"r 



Then 



tiKik 

wI-la'iL 



a thus 
great large 



wi-g'a tg"e 

iHiUKhl the man. 
great 

Ni-k-'e qa'odEL mEs-a'ust 

Then it wa.« the paint, 

finished red 

NLk'"et g'a'ai. 



woman 

Lgo-xbe'ist, 

little box, 



hwil 

being 



s the 

men. 

metk"i. 

full of 



••Mi'k-.slL 

"Weasels 

NLk'et 

Then 

mik'si'L. 

weasels. 



Then 

iKp-wa'k'i. 

tlie brother 
own of 

lo-ya'ltk"det. 

tliev returned. 



• It 



little 
I.£ro-Wl'lk"SlLk" 

prince 



Lgo-wi'lk"siLk". 

prince. 



NLk' 

Then 



ansgwa'tk"t 

he made fun of 



la'ot 

him 



the 
little 

NLk-' 

Then 



k-'a'tskMet 

thev landed 



wI-lEp-wa'k'tg'o. 

great his brother. 
own 

ai. lEpL-ts'a'pdet. 

at own their io\m. 



NLk- 



NLk -"e Lii 

Then i perf.) 



yu'ksa. 

evi-nlllK. 

wak-L 

the 
brother of 

s(|a'l.sitg- 



nLk-"e g-e'dKxs K-'aL-hii'tgum q'e'sEmq wi-g-a'tg-e, 

then asked On-one- standing- labret the man. 

great 

wT-g-a't qabe'iL 

the man how 

great much 

a'lg-ixs K-'aL-hii'tgum 

said On-one- slanding- 



na'k-stg-e. 

her husband. 

■. NLk-\- 

Thcn 



NLk-"et 

Then 

sEm-he'i.uk. 



gun-g-a'adEL 

showed 

nLk-'e 

then 



(| e sEmq 
labn-t 



iaga-ba'xL 

dtiwn runs 



wl-dola-g-a'tgum 

person 



aL 

to the im- 
grent pn>per 

aks; dEm 

water; (tut.) 



gat: 

man: 



"Ado', ie'en aL 



to 



hwil 

where 



lii neE aL awa an. 



K-'fiL-hii'tgum 

On-one- f'tanding- 



q e sEin((. 

lahret. 



ni'gidet k"uL-ma'g"ant at 

not alxmt he t<H>k her to 



dEmt 

(fut.) 
she 

hwil 

where 



nak-st 



pro.ximity.' 

k"sta'qsiL 

wanted to hei 

leave husba 

qaqa'oL T.siLqa't. 

he went to Chilkat. 



Lii lo-he'L 

t Perf. ) in said 



qa'ots 

the 
heart of 

aL hwil 

because 



NiLne'L qan 

Therefore 



^OA^] TSIMSHIAN Tf:XTS 107 

ashamed. She took tlir awkward man and washed liini in urdiT to 
purity him. Then -lie intended to inair\ him. Siie wa- i.'i>in;r to 
leave the prinee who liad lirsl marrie.l Ii.t. Then ih.' awkward man 
went ()\it. as She-who-has-a-laliret-on-one-ide had told him. He 
went to the phice where the water was innnine- down. an<l lie >laved 
in the water for a lonji' time. Tlien She-whodias-a iahret-on-one- 
side came. There were four deep water holes in the cn-ek. She 
washed him in the first hoh'. tlien in the seeond one. in tlie third one. 
and in the fourth one. Then liis skin was very ch-an. and lie heeame a 
beautiful man. After he was purified, he married .'-ijie-who has-a- 
labret-on-one-side. Then iter motlier. the Evenin<^ Sky. came a^^ain, 

dzaqs K''aL-ha'tg-um (fe'sEmq: iit qan got. wT-dola-g'a'tgum 1 

was On-<inf- stauding- ljilir<-i; ihcri'lnrc she tlie im- [kt^hi 

ashamed siiU-- took j^rt-at pmiH-r 

g"at ai. dEmt io'ok'st. Ni.fi dK.m sa'k"sk"tg"e. ni. dnm k""et 2 

man lo itut.i wjtsh him. Wh».iv lut.t he «iis i.-leaii. (iiii.i thrn 

nak"sk"t. Deui ha'ut'Ens K'"ai,-h;i'tgum (["e'sEUKj Lgo-\vi'lk".s?i.k", :i 

she marries (Fut.) slie leaves On-ime- standing- labret the I'riiiee. 

him. side- httle 

La fan ks-qa'gam nak-sk"t. Ni.k-'t" i>a iii'i. wi-dola-jr'a'tgum 4 

(perf. ) wh" lir<t ' he marri.d Tlun (peri.! ivent the im- |ier«.n 

her. great pmpcT 

g"at. Hwilt an-iie's Iv-'ai.-hiL'tgum (("e'sKiiKi. N'l.k'V' ia'et "> 

man. Ue di.l what -^iiid on-one- standing- labrei. Then he 

side- ".•nt 

aL hwil o-isi-l)a'xi. ak-s. Ni-k-'e lo^om-dTi't. i/i nak"i. •! 

to where down ran water. Tlien iiito he sat. When Imiir 

river 

d'at, nLk-"e a'd"ik-sk"s K-'aL-hii'tgum .i"e'sEm.|. Ni,k-'e 7 

he sat. then came On-one- standing- lal.rei. Then 

side- 

txalpxL hwilt g-isi-lo-wa'wo(fEL ak's lo-upLa'p. Ni-k-'e S 

fotir where down in he dug water in de<-p. Then 

io'ok-SL aua'sL wl-g'a't aL k-Tdi, ts'Eni-a'k-s. Ni.k-T't ••• 

she thesliinof the man in one in water. Then 

washed great 

huX hVtjm-qa'oL huX k-'t'lt. NidrT' huXt lo-ia'qsk-t. 1<» 

T Tl leitin in 'he 

again into ^^he^ "gam <'n^'- ^' " w,i.sh,.d litm. 

NLk-"et huX qa'oL huX k-T''lt. Nrk-Tt huX l<>la'.|.sk"t 11 

Then again he again one. Then a^in "'„.,^,,,','.;;',„„, 

La gida'alt. NLk"et huX lo-(,a'oL k'Tdt. Ni-k-T-t huX 1-2 

"a third Then again in he one. Then n^xm 

time. " '■"' _ , ... 

lo-la'qsk"t. Txadpxg-e. XLk-T" sEm-sa'k-sk"L Ui ana st. hi 

to she Fonr. Then really elean was h,s skin. 

washed him. ;^ x' i •-» IJ^ 

NLk--e a'd-ik-sk"L hwil sEm-k--a-a'.nL wT-g'a tgv. Ni.k et 1+ 

Then eame (verbal verj- ex- good the man. Then 

^ noun) ocedingly great .,._,. 

nak-sk"s K--aL-ha'tgum <i-e'sEm., aL La .sEm-.sa'k-sk"t. ^i.k-j lo 

he married on-one- standing- labret when very he w..s cle^n. Then 

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liriii},''in<.' many elks, copper pluti'-. raiioo.s. slaves, and iiuuli food. 
TIkii the <jrr«'at awkward man invitod all the tribes, intendinj^ to 
•rivi- a potlatch. Then he did so. Then the former husband of 
.'>hc -wiio-has-a-hibret-on-one-side was ashamed because the awkward 
man was go]u}r to give a potlatch. He was no longer awkward, 
bccau.-e he had been purified, because She-who-has-a-labret-ou-one- 
side had washed him. 

Now the tribes came. Then they ate all the food. The day after 
tiiev finished eating, all the tribes went into his house. They put 
the elks, the copijei- plates, slaves, and canoes in the middle of the 
house. Then the great awkward man, the husband of She-who-ha.s-a- 
lal>ret-on-one-side. came. He wore a blanket made of weasel skins 



1 ha'ts'ik'sEm 



huX 

again 



a'd'ik'sk^s 



K'SEm-huXdza'n. 



K"'aL-ha'tguni (i'e'sEmi|. IIiiX dK-ri'd"ik"sk"i. wi-he'ldEL Lia'n 

Onuiii- >iiiniliiiK- labrut. Al-.> she lo come many elks 

..iili- caused 

(|anL haya'tsk" quni. infil qanL LiLi'ng-it (janL wI-he'ldEm 

and copper and eaniH's and slaves and much 

wunii'.v. NLk""e wo'oL wl-dola-g'a'tgum gat. txane'tk"L 

(<mh1. Then he in- the im- person man. all 

vited great proper 

hwil dzaxdzo'q dEui yuk. Nrk-'e hwilt. Xi.k-'e dzaqL 

irili.s iuT a pot- Then he did Then was 

Intrh. so. ashamed 

Le nak's K'ai.-liii'tguiii <iT''sEmii. aL hwil i.a dsm yukL 

the hii-«l>aiid of On-one- standing- labret, lu'iause i perf. i ifut.) gave a 

pasl side- potlatch 

wi-dola-g"a'tgum g'at. i.a nig"i huX de-d6la-g"a'tk"t ai. hwil 

the im- person man. i Perf. i not more also im- man because 

great proper proper 

lii sEm-sa'k'.sk"t at hwil la'qsaans K""aL-ha'tgum q'e'sEmq. 

(jierf. > very he was clean, >>ecause washed him On-onc- standing- labret. 

side- 

Ni.k'*e a'd'ik'sk"!. hwil dza.\dz<V(|. XLk-'e wI-he'lL g'e'ipdet 

Then came the tribes. Then many they ate it 



txaiic'tk"!. wuna'x'. 



XLk- 



iji i.esk"L txa'xk"'detg"e. XLk'"e 



uU ilic f.Ki.1 Then finished eating. Then 

liiiX k"("li, .sa. iiLk-'e ts'ElEm-qa'diL txane'tk"L hwil 

iik'tiiii "til- diiy. then into went all 

dzaxdzo'ij ai. ts"Em-hwi'lp. NLk''et t'Em-d'a'LdeL Liii'n qanL 



Iheiril.. 



the ho 



Then 



elks 



and 



haya't>k" qani. i.ii.i'ng'it (jaiiL lumal. NLk'"e ui t'Eiii-qa'odEt, 

copper and slaves and canoes. Then when to the they were 

middle gone. 

iii.kT' ri'd'iksk"s wl-doia-ga'tgum g'at. naks Iv.''ai,-hii'tguin 

thill cniiie the ini person man, the hiis Un-one standing- 

treat proper band of side- 

ifr-'sKniq. (iwis-mi'k'.-iii. giila'it. Lt'-hwa'iiL bEla' la'Et. 

hibrei. Illiiiikei weasel he had On wen' haliotis on it. 

on. shells 



BOAS] TSIMSIIIAN TKXTS 1 '.I'.) 

set \Yitli :il):iliine slu^lN. Ilr used a wcasrl liut. Tlicn he ciiteriMl ;iii(l 
stood ill front of the elk skins. 'Hicii tlicy sLin<,r. After tlicv liiid 
finished singing, thp\' stopped, and he yave away ahaloiie slielis. cop- 
per phites, elks, slaves, and canoes. Then the tribes were j,'la(l. and 
the awkward man had become a srreat chief. 



NLk''et hiix'L (jaidEni nn'k'siL. Ntk^'e ts'ent. NLk"'e lietk"t 1 

Then ho ii hat of woasels. Then he Then he Htiii«l 

use"l entered. 

ai, (|a-g"i'k"siL hwil doxi. i,ia'n. NLk"'e, le'mix'det. i,a i,esk"i, 2 

at in front of where were the Then Ihev sailR. Wlieii ihi'y 

elks. finished 

le'mix'det. nLk''t" ha'widetg'e. NLk"'e tsil'eqdet bEJa' (|ani. 3 

singins then Ihev stopped. Then he gave haliotis and 

away shells 

hava't.sk" ([uiiL i.ia'ii tiaui. LiLi'ng'it qani. mmal. NLk''e i 

i-opper and elks an.l slave.s and i-anoi-s. Then 

io-amTi'mr, qatia'odEL hwil dzaxdzo'q hwil wl-t'e'si. sEin'a'g-ii. 5 

in good hearts were the tribes being a great ehiet 

wl-dohi-g'a'tguni g'at. ^ 

the im- person man. 



TiiK Gki/zi.v Hkaj{ 



(Told by Mn 



Thero were four brothers, the sons of a great chief. Their mother 
was a great chieftiiiness. The\' lived in a hirge town. In midwinter 
the people had eaton all the winter provisions, and were starving. 
The brothers were great hunters. Now, the two eldest ones remem- 
bered what they used to do, because they were starving. They were 
hunters, and they went out together. The wife of the eldest one did 
not accompanj' him. They went a long distance, and came to a house 
where they stayed over night. In the morning the younger brother 



TiiK (tkizzly Hkak 



Txalpxda'lL g'a'tg'e, k*'alL se'lg'it, nLk"'e k''alL lo-an-ie'et. 

Four men. one the eldest, then one the next. 



hiiX 



2 NLk-'e 

Then tilso 

3 nEgua'odetg'e. 

their father. 



k^'alt, tsuwi'ng'it. NLk'"( 

one the youngest. Then 

NLk''e k'Tili, no'xdetg'e. 

Then one tlieir mother. 



k-Tdi. 

one 

wi-na'k'si. 

the wife of 
grcjit 



wi-sEm'il'g'it 

great chief 

sEra'a'g'it. 

the chief. 



4 Wl-t'e'sL qal-ts'a'pdetg'c. Hwa'i! i^ se'luki. ma'dEm. 

Lan^c wa-H their town. Well! Wiien the mid- the winter. 



nLk""e 

tlicn 



5 qattja'odfit 

Vfoa finished 

6 g'e'iptlet. 

they eat. 

7 tsuwi'ng'it. 

the youngest one. 



g-e ipL 

the foo<l 



txanc'tk"!, qal-ts'a'pg*e. 

the whole people. 



N'Lk- 

Then 



Guix"-dzagu'sk"L k''a'ltg'e. 

A hunter was one. 



NLk-'e 

Then 



e ago' tse 

what idubi 
lative) 

huX hwilL 

he was 



again 



NLk"'et am-qii'odEtL Le hwil huwi'ldetg'e. 

Then they remembered what they used to do. 



nLa 



8 aqL-g'e'ipdet. K''e Lo'odetL bagade'lL giux '-qa-ia'tsgut. NLk'"e La 



food. 



Then they went 



the twc 



hunters. 



9 wi-t'e'sL .se'ig'ft. 

great the eldest. 



Nl'g'ldi 
Not 



ste'ldet. 

they went 
in company. 

10 nak'st, q'am-k'a'h, hoksk''L aL wak-k"t. K"'e 

wife. only cue wa.s with of his Then 

him brothers. 

11 hwil Lo'odet, k*'et hwa'deL hwtlp. NLk'"e 

where they went, then they found a house. Then 

200 



NLneL 

Then 



Then (pert.) 

stelL se'lgitL 

went the eldest 

vith him one's 

Nak"L 

Long 



Lo'odet. 

they went. 



lo-dz6'qdet lat. 

in they stayed in it. 



^°^'^ T><IMSH1AN TKXTS >_)()! 

rose. Hp had two powerful ,l..us. He sturtcd. cainiii^r his Imiic... 
He put on his snowshors and went. He caiiic to the f..nr,.f a iiioiii)- 
tain. He diiiihed it, and wiien he was halfway up tiie inowiitain he 
heard the voice of his dog- up above. He cidd not eliiid. any hi-:her 
because there was a glacier. Then lie tooiv ids little stone a.x'and 
chopped steps in the glacier. Thus he came to tlie font of a ridge 
on which a tree was standing. There his dogs were harking. When 
he came near, he saw a large Grizzly Bear and two large cnlis in a hole 
under the tree. As soon as he went near, the (Jrizzly Hear stretched 
out her arms and pulled the man into her den. She killed him. 'rii.'ii 
his l)rothers had lost him. 



He'Luk nLk''c haldEm-ba'xL tsuwf'ng'it. T'Kp.xa'i. as"o'st, 1 

In tlie then rose Ihe voiiiiKer, Twnwire hi" 

morning' ' 'l.'i,'^. 

SEmgal hagulii'qL as'o's. NLk'"e ie'ei, g'; 

very puwerful dogs. Then went th 

Le-d'a'L fo'otsk" lat. ^xk'"et ha.\-ha'.\-i. 

On wns knife on it. Then lie imU oh 



a'tg'e. 


Yii'kdKi. 


gan. 


2 


"■ '"""■ 


He earned 


slick. 




n;ix. 


NLk-T- 


ie'et. 


3 


snoH- 
.«hoe.«. 


Then 


he 




I)ax-ie'ei,. uit 


hwui. 


i 


t.p ho 


When 
I. he 


reaehed 




s aL 


lax-ha'. 


K-e 


5 


le at 


above. 


Then 





NLk"'et hwai. depL sqane'st. Xi.k'"i 

Then he reaelieil foot of a mountain. Tlien 

the 

Le se'lukt, nLk''e naxna'i, am-he'L 

the then lie liear.i Ihevoieeof 

middle, dog 

aqL-hagun-y6'xk"t. Da'uL .sqane'stg'e. Ni,k""et go'ui. Lgo- 6 

not toward he could lee was the mountain. Then he took n 

get. little 

daxwE'nsEm 16'op. NLk''et t.saga-his'ia'tsL da'ui, .sqane'stg'e. 7 

ax stone. Then aero.ss he chopped the the niountnin. 

iee of 

NLk^'et hwai> k"6'uk"t hwil d"Ep-hc'tk"r. g:ui. Nei.ne'i. hwil S 

Then he it.s tail where down stood ' a That where 

reached (foot of a ridge i tree. 

haha'L os. NLk"'e hagun-a'([Lk''t. (rwina'dei., ts"Eni-dz"a'dz"ik"s H 

the the Then toward he Behold, in the ground 

noise of dog. reached. 

hwil lo-d'fi'L wI-lig''e'Ensk", fEpxa'ti. li'k-Lg-it ui 10 

where in was a grizzly bear. two enb-s (pert.) 

great 

SEm-t'est'e'st. NLk''e hagun-iii'eL g'at tu. hwil ts'ElEm-ntVot. 11 

very large. Then toward went the to where into hole. 

NLk-"e k-si-na'k".st .SEm-ts"ElEm-go'dEi. g'at. NLk-'et goi. 1-' 

Then out she very into she took the Then t.«.k 

stretched "'"" """ 

li'k-Lg-it. NLk-'et dza'kMet. Nooi. g-a'tg-e. Nhk-'e gwa'disii. 13 

thecub.s. Then they killed Dead the man. Then lost him 

him. 

wak-k-t. ^* 

his 
brothers. 



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Bl'RKAL' UK AMKKhAX ETHXoLOGY 



[Bl-LL.27 



After two (l:ivs. wlii-ii lie <lid not rftuni.tlie lu-xt brother rose. He 
al>o had two dogs. He started, larrying his lance. He came to the 
same place where his hrother had Ijeen. The dojifs ran up the moun- 
tain, and he came to the steps that his ])rother had chopped in the 
<,dacier. He climbed up. and he also came to the Grizzly Bear. She 
took him into her den. and the cubs killed him. He and his two 
dojrs were dead. In this way another brother was lost. 

Only one remained. He was a very awkward man. He also rose 
and started early in the morninff. He carried his lance, and his two 
dojrs accompanied him. He put on his snowshoes and went up the 
mountain on the same trail that his brothers had taken. Now he 



La {f'e'lp'ElL sa qa-nii'guL gwatk''t, nLk*'e huX haldEm-ba'xL 

When two rtavs linw lung he was then ftKuin rose 

lost, 

ULk'^e 

then 



huX k-'alL 

ngain one 

huX 

also 



wak't. 

brother. 



HuX t'Kpxa'tL as'o'st. 

.\ls(i two dogs. 



He'Luk, 

In the 
morning. 

ie'et. HuX t'Kpxfi'ty. as'o'st. HuX vu'kdEL gan hwil 

■arried a Ijoing 



ent. 

t'otsk". 

a knife. 



le-d'a'L 

on \va.s 
it 

hwa'jiL wak't, 

had found his 

brotlier. 

hwa'deL 

lie found 



NLkT 

Tlien 



k-'e 

then 



huX 



7 t.saga-hi.s"ia'tsk"t 

aiToss was ellopped 

N hagun-a'qi.k"t. 



huX ie'et. Lat huX 

also he When al.TO 

went. 

huX bax-sa'k"sk"L as'o's, 

also np nin the 

dogs. 

hwil hwi'lL wa'k'tg'e. 

wlint done his 

hud brotlier. 

da'uL sqane'stg'e. 

ice of the mountain. 



Slick 

hwaL 

he 



Le 

vhat 
found 

Ha'ts'Ek'sEm 

Once more 

G'a'at hwil 

He saw where 



NLk-'e 

Then 



huX 

again 



Nig-T 

Not 



nak" 

long 



hwilt, k''et 

he did then 



XLk-'i 

Then 



huX 

again 



dzak"i. i.ik'Lg"i't. 



K"e 

Then 



huX 

also 

huX 

again 



ts'slEm-go'ut. 

into she took 



no'ot 



t'Epxa'tL a.s"o'st. K""e 

two dogs. Then 

i-i (i"ani-k""a'li. 



huX gwa'disiL k'alL wak't. 

again wa.s lost one younger 

mfuit 



■iKm-wI-dula-g"a'tk''t, 



qauL 

and 



nLk''6 
then 



de-haldKm-ba'.\t. NLk''e de-iii'et ai. he'uik huX de-t'Epxa'tL 

also he rose. Then al.so he in the also with two 

went morning 

a.s'o'st huX dc-yu'kdEi. gan. Le-d'ii'L ts'ot8k"t la'ot. NLk"'et 

<loKs also on he carried ' a (^ii was a knife on it. Then he 



haxha'xi, 

put on 



his pan 

mix. 



slick. 



NLk'e huX 

Then agaia on np he went 

snoi-s. his part 

Hasp'a-lo-yo'xk"t w y6xk"L wak'k''t. NlU-'c 

The Nime In he « ent that had gone his The 



de-bax-ia'et aL lax-sqane'st. 

on the 

mountain. 

nExna'i. hwil 

he heard where 

brothers. 



"o**) TSIMSHI.W TKXTS 003 

heiinl the doy-s harking-. He wi^iil lu'ai-. and liad jii-l plac.-d irMii...|f 
in jjosition when tho <;iTat ( irizzly Hcai' strctcli.'d out Ii.t arms, and (li.' 
great man fell into the den headh)n<;-. Then lie struck the (iri/zly Hear 
and hi« hand got into her vulva. Then she said to iicr <\d)s. '• M v dear 
one.s, make the tire burn hriglitly. for your father is (-(dd." Sin- ftdt 
much ashamed l)ecause the man had struck her vulva, therefore she felt 
Idndly toward him. and did not kill him. She liked him. She said, 
'•I will marry you." And the big man agreed. Then the great 
Grizzly Bear wax very glad Ijecause the Indian had married her. 

When he had stayed there many years and was lost to his j)eo])le, 
he said one day that he longed for his father and his mother, his 
wife, his little hoy. and his little sister, and that he wished to go 



tqa-wo'xL as'o's. Xi.k'"e de-hagUM-a'i|i.k''t. Ni.k'"i' i)"ai-he-yu'ki. I 

bMlki-.l thi- TluMi iiK,, tcwiinl lu- Thi-n jci>t li,- "l»-i;un 

doKs. rciK-lu'il. 

ama he'tk"tst. Tk""e sa-k"si-na'k"s wI-lig''e'Knsk". (i'itsi.di's-cia'iii, '2 

well he I'liicfii Then siirl- ,,ut strelilie.i ihe arizzlv hciir. hit.i lir»l 

himself. dei.ly (her [.iiwM uieiit 

t'Em-qe'sL wT-g'a'tg"e. Xi.k""e hwfla t"a'ask"l tgon. Skiu- .'i 

the heart of the niiiii. Tlieii tlii> lie -Inpi.e.l thi«. Uiuhl 

lo-g'Ie'tgui> an'o'ni. wi-me'ni. widig'"e'Kiisk"g'e. Nr,k""e a'lg'txi. 4 

in" hegot his hiinrt the vulva the srizzly hear. Then -ai.l 

ureat ..f yreal 

wi-lig^'e'Ensk" iiL i.i'k'Lg'it- "Natl SKinse-me'i.i. la'gust. yuki, ."> 

the grizzly bear to lierciihsi "My Very make In 

great dear! 

xs-gunii'qs nEgua'otsKm." S?:m-dza'<ii. qatL wi-lig'"e'Ensk" t b«il 6 

feels eoM vour fathir," Mneh was the heart the grizzly bear I aiise 

ashame.l of great 

lo-ba'qi. wl-g-a't mi'nt. Neuie'i. tpin wiania g'at lUg-it liiiX 7 

in 1,-lt the man ler Thenlnre mneh gond the not al-. 

Kreat villi a. "l"" 

dzak"t at hwil lo-ha'Elt. NiLn('">'t (|aii sT'b'Kut. Ni.k-T' a'Ig-ixi, s 

shekille.l beeanse in he felt. Therefore -he lik,.! Then sai.l 

him '"'" 

wI-lig-'C^'Ensk": '-Deiu na'kskue ne'En." NLk-\"t ana'qr. wl-g-a'tg-e. !' 

the grizzly bear: -.Fnt.) I marry yon." Then agreed the irnin. 

great great 

SEm-ld-a'niL ([Al wi-hana'gam lig-"e'Ensk" at hwil nak-sk°i. 1<» 

Very in ,g..,..l heart tbe^ wonmn grizzly bear In-eaase he nmrri,-.! 

wl-al5-g-ig'a't. Ni.k-'e ([iine-hw?l:i la'i.det. 1' 

the Indian. Then always 



Ihev lav 



great ^ ,, , ._ n • iw) 

i,a h(-'li. k'oL hwih. gwatk"i. wlg'a tg-e. >Lk-e ii IgMxr. 1- 

When manv years he di.l so he was h.st the man. Then said 

great 

wl-o-a'tP-e, wai-g-a'tk" as nEgutVodEt ((aiis no.xt (|ani. nak'st 13 

^ejma,r h_e for his father J;is^^ and hi- wife 

oani. Lc,o-Lcro'ui.k"t .|ani. Lgo-g-i'mx-dit. NLk'T- het dKin 14 

and Ms "boy and his sister. Then ^e J,^^^ 

little httle 



204 



BURKAr OK AMERICAN ETHXULOGY 



home. The great (Jrizzly Bear agreed, and she said. "I will aecom- 
pany you." On the next morning they went down the mountain 
and approached the town. Now the great man entered. The great 
chief, hi.s father, his mother, and his wife were crying. The man 
entered and .sat down. Then he said that his wife was .standing out- 
side. His little sister went to call her. She looked about for her 
outside the village, and found the great Grizzly Bear. She ran into 
the house crying, because she was much afraid. "A great ugly mon- 
ster is standing outside." Then the man, the great (Jrizzly Bear's 
husband, went out himself. He called her into the house, and she 
entered. Then she sat down on a mat that they had spread for her. 
Her paws were very large, and the chief and his wife were scared. 



1 na-ie'et. 



NLk-'et 

Then 



anaqL 

agreed 



2 de'ya aL 

thu.<i she to 
said 

3 na-Lo'odet. 



4 wl-g'a't. 



wl-g"a'tg'e 

the man. 
frreat 

NLk-'c ba'k°det 

Then they came from 

there 

Nr-k'"*" wI-ye'tk"'L 

Then cried 



wi-lig"-e'Ensk": 

tlie grizzly bear: 
great 

Ni.k- 

Then 



DEm 

"Shall 



ste'le ne'En,' 



La 

when 



huX 

again 



accom- 
pany 1 

he'Luk, 



qal-ts'a'p. 

the town. 



NLk-'e 

Then 



wi-sEm'a'g'it, 

chief. 



5 noxt 



nak-.st. 



qani 

his and 

mother 

hee'tk"i, 

standing his wife at 



wife. 

nak ".st aL 



NLk-'e 

Then 

g-a'lEq. 

outside. 



the 
great 

ts'ent, 

he entered 

K-'e 

Then 



wT-nEgua'odEt 

great his father 



k-'e 

then h 
d. 

k".saXL 



dYit. 



NLk-'et 

Then 



7 fan 



ts'EJEm-wo'oL 

into culled 



nak-.st. NLk-'e 



8 SEm-hwa'iL 

Indeed she 



Lgo-tk-'e'lk" 

the child 



hwil 

where 



9 sEm-ts'EJEm-ba'xt 

very into she ran 



nLk-'e 

then 

ts'enL 

entered 

qauL 

iind 

maLEL, 

he told, 
kvn. 

Lgo-g-i'mx-dit, dEm 

ivent nut his sister, (fut.) 

little 

k'uL-g'ig-e'elt aL g-a'lEq. 

about she looked at outside, 

for her 

hee'tk"L 

stood 

ayawri'tk"t 

crying 



10 ai. qasqii'L 



xbet^a'Xt: 

afraid: 



11 



•aa'k- l6-we'ltk" 

great monster." 



wi-lig-'e'Ensk" 

the grizzly bear 
great 

wl-amhe't aL ayawa'tk"t ai. ■wi-ye'tk"'t, 

shouting and crying and crying, 

"Wl-t"e'sL hwil .se'lukt, hohohoho! 

•Great being ngly, hohoho! 

NLk-'e lEp-k-sa'XL g-a'tg-e, lEp-na'k'SL 

Then himself went the man, her husband 

out own 

het ts'ElEm-wo'ot. NLk-'e lEp-t*!"e'nt. 

into he invited Then self she 

her. entered. 

hwil ba'LEL sqa'na. 

where was spread a mat. 



aL 



12 wMig-'e'En.sk". NLk-'e 

llie grizzly bear. Then he 

great said 

13 NLk-'e d'fiL wT-lig-'e'Ensk" 

Then she sat the grizzly bear 

down great 

14 wud'ax-k-'ehi'at. Hii sEmgal .xpets'e'XL sEm'a'git (jam 

her jiaws. Much was scared the chief and 

large 



Qa-la'iL 

That large 

nak-st. 

his wife. 



BOAS] TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 205 

Thon they ato salmon, and sh(> also ate: and tliry kuvo Iut :i dish 
filled with crab apple mixed with urease, and she ate it. The people 
wei'e much astonished. 

After a while the t-reat (irizzly Rear said to her husl)and. '• (live inc 
your child; I wish to see it." Tiien the man took the child, heeiuise 
the great Grizzly Bear wanted to have it. He gave It to her, and the 
child did not cry. 

Another day the Bear said, "Call your wife." Then the woman 
came, the first wife of the man. She entered and sat down next to 
the man, her own inisband. Later he had married the Grizzly Bear. 
His one wife was the Bear, the other was a woman of his own tribe. 
The woman onlv had a thild. The Grizzlv Bear luid no children. But 



NLk'Vt x-ha'ndit. NLk'"et g'epi- wI-lig-"e'Ensk". Ni.k"*ot 1 

Then thev ate salmon. Then ate it the! grizzly bear. Tla-n 

great 

lo-d'a'L La'ix aL ts'Em-ts'a'k'. K"'et huX sg'et. NLk''et huX 2 

in put crab apple in inside of dish. Then again it lay in it Then agalD 

anil grease there. 

g'epL wI-lig''e'Ensk". SEmgal lo-.sana'Lgui, qal-ts'a'p hwi'ltg"e. 3 

ate the grizzly bear. Very astonished was the town what he did. 

great 

NLk"'e La sl-go'n, nLk''e a'lg'ixL wT-Iig'''e'Knsk" ai. nak'.st: 4 

Then when later on, then said the grizzly bear to her 

great husband; 

"Ado, go'uL Lgo'uLgun," de'ya aL nak'st: "Dehi g'a'ae." 5 

".\do, take vonr ehild," thus she to her "Will I see it." 

said husband: 

NLk-'t^ da'uLL k'"alL g'at fan goL Lgo-tk''e'Lk". Mi.k-'e da- 6 



The 



took the ehild. 
little 



a'd'ik-sk"t, nLk-"et gunaL wI-lig-"e'Ensk". NLk-"et g-ina'mdetg-c. 7 

it to come, then wanted it the grizzly bear. Then they gave it. 

great 

NLk-'e nig-i ayawa'tk"L tk-"eLk". 8 

Then not cried the child. 

NLk-'e huX a'lg'ixL wMig-'e'Ensk" aL huX k-"e'lL .sa: 9 

Then again said the grizzly bear at again one doy: 

great 

"AmLe wo'oL na'k-sin." Ntk-'e ri'd'ik-.sk"L hanaVj lc 10 



• Good invite 



Then came the woman 



waLEn-na'k-sL g-a'tg'e. K-'e ts'ent. K-'e dVit aL awa'aL 11 

formerly the wife ^he man. Then s,m...„- Then she^sat «. ^,^^,^^„, 

e-a'tg-e, lEp-na'k-stg-e. K-"e .se-na'k'sguL wI-lig-"e'Ensk". K'TiIl 12 

thetmn, her hnsbattd. Then __he^^ married ^the_ grizzly bear. 

lio-'e'Ensk""" nak-SL g-a'tg-e; de-k-Yi'lL iK.p-hana'q aL Inp- 13 



grizzly bear 



vifeof the man: alsi 



of hi.- 



ts'a'pt. K-TdL Lg6'uLk"t hana'<|g-e. NLk-'e nig-Mi 14 

'■ child the woman. Then no 



town. One 



206 



BUREAtr OF AMKKICAN ETHXULOGY 



(BILL. 27 



her own (.-hildren were in her house on the mountain. They had not 
accompanied her when she came out of the woods. Thus they lived 
for many months. 

When it came to be sunuuer. just before the berries were ripe, the 
great Grizzly Bear said to the woman, " I think the berries are ripe on 
my mountain." and a.sked her to accompany her. They went up the 
mountain, and found that the berries were ripening, and they picked 
them. The woman picked her berries into a bag, but the great 
(irizzly Bear had no bag. Her stomach was her l)ag. She just ate 
the berries she picked. Then they returned. They approached their 
husband's house and entered. The Grizzly Bear said, " Now call the 
people.'' Tlien one man went out to invite the people in. The woman 



1 Lgo'uLk"L wi-lig""e'Ensk"g'e. Hvnl k" 

child the grizzly bear. Then 

great 

2 ts'Em-de-hwi'lpt aL lax-.sqane'st 

in al«o her at on the 

house mountain, 

3 Wl-na'k"L hwi'ldetg'e wT-he'li, 

Long they did so many 



nig'idet 

not 



i.oqs. 

moons. 



hwauL de-Lg"it aL 

were on her her in 
part children 

na-sEl-ste'lt. Hwii'il 

outoi they accom- Well! 

woods paniedher. 



4: N'Lk-'t 

Then 

5 nLk''e 

then 



a'd'ik'sk"L dEm 

hen it came to be 



La 



hwal .se'nt; nLk''e La se'nt, 

being summer; then when summer, 



La qa'oqt dEm mukL ma'E. NLk''e a'lg'ixL 

(perf.) before (I'ut.i ripe bi-rries. Then said 



"La mu'kdE-maL 

"(Perf.) ripe perhaps 



6 wI-lig''e'En.sk" aL hana'qg"e; 

the grizzly bear to the woman; 

great 

7 liwi'leE." NLk'T't sii'lix't. nLk''e i.o'odet. NLk''et 

I was." Then she asked herlogo then they went. Then 

along, 

^ JsLk-'c La ts'osk't dsm hwil mukt. NLk-'et 

Then a little (fut.) being ripe. Then 

It NLk"'e lo-do'xL g'c'ElL hana'q aL ts'Em-de'Lk". 

Then in it was what she the woman at in her bag. 

picked 

10 ni'gkli deLk''L wI-lig"'e'Ensk"; ts'Em-qala'st 

ii"l bag the grizzly bear; in her 

great stomach 

lo-yilya'ltk"deitg"c 

thev returned. 



11 C^'am-gc'ipL 


de-g-e'Elt. 


NLk-'e 


tinly she ate 


on her what she 
jiarl picked. 


Then 



r,e hwil 

where 

hwa'det. 

thev reached 
there. 

g'e'Eldet. 

thev picked 
I'hcni. 

NLk"'e de- 
Then on her 
part 

de-dc'Lk"t. 

on her her bag. 
part 

NLk"'e 

Then 



12 ba'k"det aL ts'Em-liwi'l])L na'k'.-*det. NLk''e la'mdzixdet. NLk''e 

Uicycanii- !■• in house their husband. Then thev entered. Then 
from there 

13 a'lg'txL wI-lig-'e'Ensk": "Am, mE dEm wo'ol qal-ts'a'p." NLk"'e 

sjiid the grizzly Ijcar: "Good, you (tut.) invite the people." Then 

k''alL g'at fan huwo'oL 

one man who invited 



14 a'lgixi. ai. ga'tg-e. NLk-'e da'uLL 

she said l.. a iniiii. Then left 



1;"> wi-lie'ldKiu 

nitmv 



NLk- 



t'Ein-go'uL hana'q deLk''t. NLk"'e 

toward took the woman her bag. Then 



BOAS] TSIMSIIIAN TKXTS >J(l7 

took her bag to tlio middle of the liouse. The ore;it ( iri/.zl\ Ucur wu^ 
also in the house. The oicut Gri/./.ly Hear >aiil to her hu-liand. 
" Take some dishes to thr rear of the house." Her iiushand did -o. 
Then she defecated into a dish, and the berries siie iiad eali^n fidl 
into it. Now the dish was full of berries tliat siie iiad picked. Tii.' 
Indians saw her clef ecatinti' into tlie dished. Then tlie drizzly Hear loM 
the man to take the dishes that were full of what had eonie out of In r 
anu.s and place them before the peoj)le: but they wei'e afraid to eat it 
because they had seen that they had (■oiu(> out of lier anus. They imly 
ate the berries that the Indian woman had picked. They took Imme 
the food that the great Grizzly Bear had given them, and the wives of 
the people ate it at their own houses. Then the great Grizzly Bear 
was glad. 

ts'Em-g'itsa'on, ulhkl hwil de-l6-d"a'i, wI-lig"'e'Ensk". Ni,k'"e 1 

in in the house. that is being also in whs the grizzly bear. Tlien 

whete great 

a'lg'ixt aL nak'st: " Huts"En-d"a'i,t (|a-ts\Yoi, ts'ak"." Ni,k'"et '2 

she said to her bus- "Baek from lire put some dishes." Tlnn 

lmni-1; 

gun-huts'En-d'a'Lt nak'.st. Ni.k""!"- hwilt. Ni.k'"(" wi-ts'Ein-g'a'olt '■'• 

made back from put her bus- Then he did so. Tlien large in herainis 

them fire band. 

de-k-si-y6'xk''L ma'E lc g-e'iptg-e ma'i.det det-g-p'Elt. 4 

on out went berries what she ate she said on she |.ii-ked 

her part her pan them 

NLuei, LC g-e'ipt lo-dM'LEt. Ni.k-"e ts'Ein-gM'olt de- 5 

What she ale in she put. Then in her anus alx. 

k-si-y(V.\k"t. NLk-"e mEtme'tk"i. ts'ak' ai. de-sE-ma'it. Tk-"e ti 

onl " went. Then IhU was Ih.- ili>h ..1 on her she berries. Then 

pari made 

(-••a'aL ald-g-ig'a't hwil gwa't.stg-e la't. Ilwii'il Ni.k'Tt 7 

%awit Ibehi.iians where e.xere- per- in il. Well! Then ^h,- 

inents haps 

o-un-do'got La niEtme'tk"!. ts'ak- ai. ma'K fan k-si-y«Vxk"i. >> 

%r- to take lull 'l'^'' "' ^"■'"'- """ '"" '"'"'' 

dercd 

ts'Em-gTi'olt. NLk-"e doxt ai, (|a-ga-s;i'Xi. <|ai.-ts"a'p. Ni.k-V' '•' 

in lier anus Tli.u she lai.l at bef..re Ih,- p. ..j.le. Tli.n 

it 

laxbets'e'x-df't ai> dEUit gT''pdrit. ai. hwil gwa'tstg-e la'ut. H' 

.1 . .. ,tr„i.i t,, I fut I i-it il bceause exere- per in il. 

they were afrai.l 1" l ml. i ^^^^._i,^ ^\^^^^ 

aL hwilt g-a'adet hwil k-si-v(Vxk"i. ts-iau-gYt'olt. K-sax-sE-ma'iL H 

beeause they saw il where oul of it eame .11 lier anus. only nnide K-rn.-s 



k-SEm-alo-o-ig-a't. neLue'L g-e'ipth't. Ni-k-V' .soodet 

^ *' ... Ti .i...vtrM.L- tl, 

~ih 

ik-i 

iheir wi 



Indian. iliai ihey ale Then iheyu«.kih. 



12 

de-g-ina'mL wI-lig-'e'Ensk'-g-e. NLk'T' g'.-^'ipL ga-ne'nikNk"dr.tgv 13 

al.so shehad^^ ^Ihe^ ' grizzly bear. Th.-i, ale it .heir wive. 

aL ""'TEp-ts-Eni'-huwi'lpL .lal ts'a'pg-.'. Hwa'i! NLk-'e lo-a'un. !•» 

at own inlbe lH.u.es,.i ibe people, Weill Then In g.-l 

,. . , 1 „ 1'' 

qa'odEL wl-lig' e Ensk . 

heart Uie grizzly bear, 

great 



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Now, salmon wore in the river in front of tiie town. The chief 
made a weir, and placed a tish trap in it. He tiiiislied it. In the 
evening the people went to sleep, and before daybreak the great 
(Jrizzly Hear rose and went down to the weir. She saw that the trap 
was full of salmon, and she emptied it. She took the salmon into the 
house. Then she ordered the chief, her father-in-law, to distribute 
them among the people. He did so. The next night she did the same, 
but tlie people did not know it. She did so many days. Then she and 
the woman dried many sahuon. and the house was full of lish that she 
and the other woman had dried. 

One morning a young man went down to the weir. When he saw that 
there were no salmon in the trap, because the great Grizzly Bear had 



1 llwiiil Ni,k""e i.a me'siL ban aL ak"s qa-g*a'wuL qal-ts'a'p. 



NLk''i 

Then 



tgon 

this 



d'aL 

there 
was 

Le'saandct. 

They finished ii 



hwo'o: 

a tnip; 



dzapL 

made 
ULk' 



sEm'a'g'it 

the chief 

? d'aL 



in the 
water 

su-hwa'tdet 

made name 

Lamga'ng'e. 

(another kind 
of trap). 



in front of 

aL 



t'en. 

weir. 



IS'Lk-'t 

Then 



NLk-'e 

Then 

Lesk"t. 



NLk''e yu'ksa. NLk"'e Iell qal-ts'a'p. Q'ai-tstTosk'L 



dEm 

(tut.) 



hwil 

when 



mEsax 

daylight; 



It was 
evening. 

; nLk''e 

then 



Then 

down 

2-in-he'tk""L 



aL awa aL 



iaga-iii'et 

down .«he to tlie 

went ill 

metk"L Lfi'mgan 

full the trap 



hwil 

where 

hitn. 

salmon. 



h(ltk"L 

Stood a 

NLk-'e 

Then 



t'en. 



the people. Only a little 

wI-lig''e'Ensk°. NLk''e 

the grizzly bear. Then 

great 

NLk''e g'a'aL hwil 

Then she saw where 



sEmt-lo-qa'6dEnt. 

very in she emptied it. 



NLk-'et 

Then she 



8 bax-do'qt aL ts'Eiu-hwi'lp. 

inside of hou.se. 



aL 



took 
them 

9 wI-La'msg'c 

the father-in- to 

Kreat law 

Id vu'ksa. NLk't" 



qal-ts'a'p. 

the town. 



11 Lfi 
When 

12 qanL 

and 



Ls The 

wI-he'JL 

manv 



huX 

again 



hwilt. 

she did 



NLk''et gun-ia'gEt aL sEm'a'g"it 

Then she ordered to dis- to the chief 

tribute 

NLk-'et ia'qdet. NLk''e huX 

Then thev distributed Then again 

them. 

Ni'g":det hwila'x'L qal-ts'a'p. 

Not knew it the people. 



saL 
days 



hwi'ltg'e, 

she did so. 



nLk"'c 

then 



La 

when 



wi-he'lL 

many 



sil-hana'qt 

lur woman 



fell.. 



qanL 



13 wi-lig"'e'Ensk" 

the grizzly bear 
great 

14 NLk-'e hf''Luk, 

Then it was 



LJi metk"L 

vhen was full 
the 

sil-hana'qt. 



hwilp, 

house, 



at 

she 



hwfl 

what 



gwa'lkMet 

she dried 

gwa'lguL 

dried 



15 Alii 

When 



Ifi-hr-'tk"!. 



nLk"'e 

then 

qii'odEt 

his lu-art 



laga-ie eL 

don-n went 

aL hwil 

because 



k''!llL 



q aima sEiii 

young 



g'at. 



ni'g"idet 

not he 



hwa'deL han. 

found salmon. 



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tiikon them up to her liushuiurs liouse. he felt l.udly. II.' irn-w iiii<.'rv. 
and scolded the oreat drizzly Boar. He I'rii liadl.v hccausc lie did not 
get anything. The young man said. •■ You rise too early, "Teat 
Drop-jaw." Thus he said to the great (irizzly Hear, and he" •-eoliird 
again, •• Vou feed us with your excrements." Then the great (irizzlv 
Bear took notice of it. She hecanie angry, ran out, and rushed up to 
the man who was scolding her. She rushed into the house, look him, 
and killed him. Siie tore his flesh to pieces and broke his Ixjncs. 
Then she went. Now she remembered her own people and her two 
children. She was very angry, and she went home. Ilcr husband 
followed her. but the great (ii-izzlv Hear said. •■ Ivetuni lioMie. or I 



NLk''e ni'g'it g'a'aL han ul ts'Km-i.a'nigan i/it huX 1 

Then not he srtw salmon ut in Hit- Imj. iill-r iii-iiln 

l)ax-qa'od"Ent wi-lig'"e'Ensk" aL hwtlj)!. nak'st. nii.ne'i, (|an '2 

up she had the grizzly bear to the her therriore 

tlnisherl them great house of liushaiul. 

lo-sI'epk"L qa'odEt. NLk'"et hak'st. Ila'k'sti, ifaima'sKin g'ai. 3 

in .sick was his heart. Then he He seolde.l the youni; man 

scolded. 

wi lig'^e'Ensk". Lo-si'epk''L cja'odEt aL hwil (ial-wi'tk"t. TgonL 4 

the grizzly bear. In sick was his heart because he did not get This 

great ' anything. 

heL q'ainia'sEui g'at: "Ax-de-ha'wui, Lo'oqL wi-tg"aa'(i," 5 

said the voung man: "Xot on .|nit early great droi-jaw." 

your part rising 

aL wi-lig-'e'Ensk". an-he't. Ha'k'.sit qan het. G-e'ip*Eli. 6 

to great grizzly bear. that he He scolded then-- he said Twice 

is \yhat said. lore so. 

hwil ha'k-st. •• Wl-ang-a'tgum gwats," de'ya t hwil huX 7 

(yerbal he scolded. "Great giving for food excrements." thus lie when again 

noini) ^*'*' 

hak-st. NLk-'et a'd"ix-L wi-lig-'e'Ensk''g-e. NLk-"e a'd"ik-sk"L S 

hescolded. Then she noticed it the grizzly bear. Then she ciinie 

great 

hwil lo-sfepk-L qa'odEt. NLk-"e wl-k-si-ba'xt aL wI-Li'ntx-t. t» 

being in sick heart. Then much out she ran at great- niigrv 

NLk-"et qa'oL hwil lO-dTi'L g-ati. fan hak'.st. NLk-"e 10 

Then, he went to where i.. was man who scolded. Then 

ts"ElKm-he'tk"t. XLk-"et go'uL g-a'tg'e. NLk-"et k"Le-dza'k"t. 11 

into she stood. Then she took the man. Then all ov,-r she IjMUnI 

No'oL g-a'tg-e. K"Le-qa'6dEL .smax-t. NLk'T hei.a'uigai. txane'tk-L I'i 

It was ''the man. All was flnishe.l his flesh. Then werebr.,ken all 

dead over «,. , - . • » i •> 

Le dzedz'e'pt. NLk-'e hwil k-T' iii'et. Am-<,a odEi. Le tsapt hi 

l,i, ,,„J. At. .nee she went. She re.nembere.l h.r ,.. .,.!.• 

hwil hwanL fEpxa'tL i.g-i'tg-e. K-'e ia'Ki. wI-lig-T-'Eiisk". A'Ik., 14 



Then went tlie gnzziy near. Alifr)' 

lo-.si'epk"L (ja'odt 



here were two n.-r . 

Xi.k-T't voxk"L nak-st. NLk-"e tgon iiei. lo 



ssick her heart. Then ....^^^- ,„„^„„j 



followed her Then iliLs .-aid 

her 

B. A. E.. BcLL. ■2: -0-2 14 



210 



BrRKAC I'F AMKRICAX El'HXOLOGY 



(BrLi..27 



shall kill VDii." But tlii' man refused, beeiiuse he loved his great wife. 
The Grizzly Bear spoke to him twiie. wantiiijr hiiu to go back, but he 
refused. Then she rushed upon him and killed him. and her own hus- 
band was dead. Then the great Grizzh' Bear left. 



_va'ltgun ! 

turn back ! 



1 wi-lig''e'Ensk": "Ado', 

the grizzly bear: "AdO'. 

pTPHt 

2 hu'q'alL g'a'tg'e at hwil sI'ep'EnL 

refUM.-<l the man becaiis<; he loved 

3 heL wI-lig''e'Ensk", at gulfk'.* 

said the f^rizzly bear, !<he back 

great 

4 g"a'tg'e, qan hwilL wi-lig''e'Ensk" 

the man. there- she did so the grizzly bear 
fore great 

5 NLk''et no'oL g'a'tg'e lEp-na'k'stg 

Then wa^dead ilie man her liii:>baud. 
owu 

6 N6'6l g"at. 



Dza'k"de-g"a ne'En. 

Kill I maybe you." 



NLk'"e 

Then 



wi-na'k"SEm lig*"e'Ensk". G'e'lp'El 



great 

h(5'tsL 



nak'st. 



gulik"s-he'tk"t. 

back rushed. 



NLk-'( 

Then 

NLk"'et 

Then she 



ha'q'alL 

refused 

dzak^t. 

killed him. 



NLk''e da'uiii. wT-Iig*'e'Ensk". 

Then left the grizzlv bear, 

great 



Sqiiukki. 

[Ti.M l.y Mosfs] 

There were four children wlio wen' always shootinjr s(|iiirrels. 
They killed them all the time. Then they dried their skins and ]>iit 
away their meat. They did -o at the foot of a hwtsv -pnice trec- 
they did so for a lony- timi- all the year round. Then they had 
killed all the s([uirrels. Only th.' ihicf nf the s(iuirrels and his 
dauohter were left. She was very white. Now. ;i l)oy went out 
and came to the foot of the jj-reat spruce tree, lie looked ujjwanl. 
and saw a little white .squirrel ruruiinj;- round the tree. When it 
had gotten to the other side of the tree, behold, he .saw that >he 



Sc^UIKKKI. 

Txalpxda'I k'opE-tk''e'Lk" (|anc-hwTlat <.arXdeit ts"Kni.t'k\ 1 

Four little children uluny- >li..i -piirr. :- 

NLk"'et qane-hwila tso'otdetg'e. (twa'lk"det i,a anna'st. Ni.k'T't -2 

Then always they killed tlieni. They dried tlie skins. Tiieii 

k"si-d'a'LdeL Lfi qa-sma'x't. Q"an)-k'T''li, mem. wl-sji'eqs hwil 8 

out thev put their meiu. oidy i.ne lout .if hiir sprui-e (vert»il 

■ '^ tree ii..iin) 

huwi'ldetg'e. Wl-iiirk"i. hii\vf'ldetg"e. Txane'tk"!, k'oi. 4 

they did so. Very I.im; lli.ydidso. Kvery .v.-nr 

hwi'ldetg'e. NLk-"e iJi (|a'odEi. ts'F.m.i'k-. q"nmd<-Vi'li. .") 

thev did so. Then iperf.i tliey were s.inirrels. only ..n,- 

linisheil 

SEm'a'g-idEm ts'EnLi'k" ma'ntji-e. de-k-"a'li, L<rr)'ui.k"t. i.jro- i". 

chief of squirrels left. with ..n.- his child. ^,«^^ 

hana'qL Loo'uLk"to-c hwil mak"si, lipui'nt. Ni-k'T- huX 7 

woman little Ijis child .verb.il whit,- its l«Hly. Th.n iiCTit, 

noun) 

ia'cL k-Vdi. i.<i<>-tk-"e'lk". K'T-t huX Invai, mf-iii. wi-.sa'cqs. s 

went one ' .hil.l. Then M.-uin he i.~.t ..f I..l- s|.r„.-.- 

loillld It'' 

K"'e huX mEn-o"a'ask"t. Sa-k'iitjiO-dfi'ui.i.. i,iroMms-t.s"Kni.t'k- :• 

Then asnin u,. "he Inokd. S...r around went little white ~|Ulrr. 1 

-da'L wl-iian. Ni.k-'e k"ntfr<'-t>a'.\t. Gwinfi'dt"!.. <|"!iima'-KMi H" 



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Wiis a younu; woiiiiin. Tlic boy .saw her. The woman called him. 
Then the hoy phicccl his Ikjw at the foot of tho gvviit tree. 

The woman entered the hou.se of her father, who wa.-< the chief of 
the .squirrels. He was much troubled, as all hi.s people were dead. 
Therefore he had .-ieiit his child to call the boy. The chief (juestioned 
his daughter, and she replied. "The boy is standing outside." Then 
the chief .said, "Come in, my dear, if it is you who killed my people."' 
The prince entered and sat down. They gave him to eat. After he 
had finished, the chief said. " Why did you kill all my people f The 
prince replied, "I did not know that they were youi- jicople. tln-re- 
fore I did .so." "Take pit\' on rae," said the chief to the prince. 
" When you return home, burn the meat and the skins of all the squir- 



1 hana'q hehe'tgut. K''et g"a'aL Lgo-tk*'e'Lk". NLk"'et wo'ol 



standing. 



Then 



boy. 



Then 



2 hana'q Lgo-tk •"e'Lk". XLk'"e i.«'6det. He't'EUL i.go-tk""e'Lk"'L 

the the boy. Then they went. He placed the boy 

uiiiniiu little upon it 

3 ha-Xda'k"t aL menL wT-ga'n. 

his bow at foot of bii; 'tree. 

4 NLk""e dEp-ts'e'ni, hana'q aL hwilps nEgua'ott; menL 

Then they entered the to the her father: master 

woman hou-se of of 

5 Ls'Enij'k" g6'stg"e. La aba'g"ask"L sEm'a'g"it aL hwil La 

squirrels that one. (Perf.) troubled the chief liirau.se iperf.) 

6 lo-no'oL t.s'apt. Nt qan hetsL Lgo'uLk"t. NLk'i't wo'ol 

all dead his people. Therefore he sent his child. Then she invited 

in 

7 Lgo'uLk"L Lgo-tk ""fLk". NLk''et g'e'dEXL .sEm'a'g'it Lg6'uLk"tg'e. 



8 NLk"''e a'lg'ixL Lgo'uLk"L .sEui'a'g'it: "La hetk"t aL g"a'lEq." 

Then said the child of the chief: " He stands at outside." 



NLk''(" a'lg'TxL sEm'a'g'it. TgonL het: "T.s'c'nEn. nat, atsEda 

the chief. This he sjiid: "Come in, mv if it is 

deiir. 

K"'e ts'enL 



Then 
lil ne'K.n 



La 



vho 



lo-iuVot'EnL 

all killed 



LgO- 



ts'a'bcE.' 

my people." Then entered the 

little 

NLk""e d'at. NLk''c w6'6tk"t. NLk-"c Liixk"'t. 

Then he .sat Then he was Then he finished 

down. invited. eating. 

sEm'a'g'it: "Ago ma ga'n La lr)-n(V(^)t'i:nL 

the chief: -Why did yi.u" all kill 

13 t.s'a'bf'Er" NLk''e a'Ig'ixL Lgo-wi'lk"siLk": "Ni'g'in hwila'x't 

my people'."' Then sjiid the prince: "I did not know it 

little 

1-1 niLne'L qan hwi'leE." "TgonL dEm hwi'lEn; iimL qam-ga'dEn 

therefore I did ,«o." "This (fut.) you do: ginxi you take pity 



11 wi'lk-,-iLk"g-r.. 

priii.e. 

12 NLk'T" a'lg'ixL 

Then .said 



15 la'e," de'yaL 

CD me," thus said 



SEIII a gMt 

the chief 



Lgo-wi'lksiLk". 

the prince. 



■ TsEdii La 

•When tperf.) 



BOAsJ TSIMSHIAX TK.XTS •_' 1 ;; 

rels. I will make you u >li;mmn." 'VUr chirf di.l -,,; \n- u):u\<- iho 
prince a .shainuii. N,i\v lie was a jiivat sliainaii. •■ Vi.iir nam.' a- a 
shaman shall be vSquirrcl." said the chid'. 

The prince lay down. Then the chief rose and put on tiis daiicint,' 
apron. He painted his }M)dy red. and put on a crown of lifar claw-. 
From his neck huno- the skins of scpiirrcls. He held a rattle in his 
hand and sang, '•la ha:i. ia nioua iahaci I Ijccoine accustomed to this 
side, I become accustomed lo the other side." Then the prince 
})ecame a great shaman. The child' of the s(|uirrels did so a whole 
3'ear. Then he sent the prince home. 

Thechief. who had lost hi> >on. had almost forgotten him. Then 
one of his other sons went to shoot s(|uirrel>. and came to the |)lacc 



lo-ya'ltgun, nL dEm k"'e me-txe'ldti. ui ga-sma'.x'i. wi he'ldnm 1 

you hnve re- tla-n ifiit.l burn iimrt.) " Oic iiiciil <if uiiiiiy 

turned. tphimli 

ts'EHLi'k" qaiiL i.a ga-ana'st. Dtcm sa-halai'de ne'Kn. NLk""e -2 

squirrels iind i|..Tf.i "tlie-^kiiis, iFnt.i make slmmim I y,.ii. Then 

hwilL sEm'a'g'it. NLk'"et sa-hfdai'i. i.go-wi'lk'sii.k". Ni.k-'e :i 

he did SCI theehief. Then he made him the prinee. Th.ii 

H slmniuu little 

halai'tg"e. "Ts'EnLa'k'L dEm hwam halai'dKii." NLk'"!"- Invili. 4 

he was a ".Squirrel (fut.) name of >haman you," Then hediii 

shaman J^* 

Lgo-wi'lk"siLk"g"e. •') 

the jirinee. 

little 

NLk-'e sg-eL Lgo-wi'lk'siLk". NLk-'c hetk"L .sEmTi'g'it. (5 

Then he lay the prinee. Then he stiMid theehief. 

dowti little 

Ha'yiL an-ljEla'n. Ni.k-'i't ma'siL LEpi.a'nt ai. inKs-a'ust. 7 

Heptiton the dancing' Then he pain'ed his l.ody with red piiint. 

apron. re<i 

JsLk-'et ha.\-L Laqs. >'Lk-"i't ie'tk"i. La ana'si. ts'Kni.i'k-. S 

Then he put on him erown of Then luniK around (pcrf.) the .«kins s-iiiirrels. 

to wear bearelaws. from his neek of 

K-"et yo'guL ha-.sa'x; nLk-'t^ l("'mix-t: -la hat'i'. ia nigmi !• 

Then "beheld a rattle; then he saiiK: "bi baii'. i:^ nn.'"" 

iahae. Deiii qai-k-ax-mawir, an-g-T'E. DEm qai-k-ax-mawiL H» 

iahae. (Fut.) get used to thissi.le. (Kut.l Betuse.lt.. 

an-da'sdaE." Ni,k-"e wI-t"t"'sE halai'r. i.go-wi'lk-siLk''g-e. II 

theotherside." Then a Kreat shaman ^llo-^^ pnne.-. 

Lfi k-"e'KlL k"(-)i. hwilt. ni.k-'i^ l:T wI-t'e'sL hwil wi-iialai'tt. V2 



Ni.k-'.-t na-he'tst. 



1:5 



I a t'ak L sKm"a'e-it hwil irwatk"i. i.gr)'ni.k"tg-.\ Ni.k-V- 14 

nvrf.l he had theehief (verbal wasloM his -on. Th.M 

huX iii'd. k-Tilt (iKiii huX goyii. tsEni.i'k-: ni.k-'et ImX i:. 



214 BUREAU UF AMKKU'AX KTHNOLOGY [BrLL.27 

wlicri' his ln-otln-i- had liccii. He <"iim' to the great spruce tree. He 
loolci-fl up. and. hcliold. the skeleton of a man was hangin<j in the 
hrani-hes. The hones were lield together by .skin only. His tlesh was 
all gone. 

The hoy returned. He entered the hou.se and told liis father ul)out 
it. The father sent the young men, who .siiw where the body 
was hanging. Then one young man climl)ed the tree, took the body 
down, and they carried it home. They entered the hou.se. Now the 
chief's wife took a mat. She spread it out and laid the liody down on 
it. She laid it down very nicely. The young men placed his hand.s, 
his feet, and his head in the way they belonged, and kid the head 
down face upward. There were onh' bones. Then they covennl the 
mat with another mat. They painted it red and covered it with l)ird 
down. Then they sacriKced. I"i>r tour nights and daj's his father and 



1 hwai, Le hwil hwi'li. wa'k'tg'e hwH he'tk''L wl-sii'qs. 

lu* '[HTf. I whert' In* Im<i his brother (verbal siixnl big j^pruce 

foiiiKl been noun) tree. 

2 NLk'"e mKn-ga'ask"t. (rwina'dcL, g'at le-ia'tit ai, lax-ane's. 

Then up he l(>oke<i. BehoKl. a man on hunp on on branch. 

3 K'sax-ts'e'p (i"am-nt">-daxd!i'K.\L ts'Op. ni'g'i sniax't. 

onlv Imhu"^ onlv t<»- fastened bones, no tle-^h. 

(tetlier 

4 Ni.k'"e lo-ya'ltk"i, Lgo-tk'"e'Lk". NLk"'e ts'ent. K-"et ma'Lit 

Then lie relurneii the boy. Then he Then he told 

entered. 

5 as nEgua'odEt. NLk''e a'lg"ixs nEgua'odEt aL q'aima'qsit. 

to his father. Then sjiid his father to youths. 

H N'Lk-'e (j'a'ldix'-qa'odet. XLk''et g'a'adet hwil le-ia'qt. NLk'"ct 

Then to the rear they went. Then they saw (verbal on he Then 

of the houses noun) hung. 

7 niEn-qa'oL k'Tdi. q'aima'sEt. NLk""et go'ut. NLk''et d"Ep-ie'et. 

up went one youth. Then he toot him. Then down he 

for it went. 

S NLk''et na-de-iii'det. Ntk-'et de-ts'e'ndet aL t.s'Em-hwi'lp. 

Then out of with he Then with thev in in house, 

the woods it went. it enlereii 

;t NLk""pt goi, nak'si. sEm"a'g"it s(|a'naa. Iv"*et baLt. XLk''et 

Then she took the wife the chief ii mat. Then she Then 

of opened it. 

10 le-.sg e'det la'ot. SEmama sg'o'tdet. XLk''et sEm-ama do'xdeL 

on they on it. Very well thev laid Then verv well thev laid 

laid it it. 

11 an'o'nt (|ani. sLsesa'ct qani, t'Ein-qe'st. SEUi-hasba-sg 'e'det 

Ills hands und his feet and his head. Ver>- faceup they laid 

I'J k'.sax-t.s't"'p. Ni,k''i"t huX le-.sg'e'der. k'ii'guL .sqa'naa ai. 

only Ixines. Then nisf. on they laid another mat on 

13 lax-o't. Txa-ma'sdi"'it ai. niEs-a'ust (|ani, mixq'a'x'. NLk"'e 

on top .\ll they made with red paint and down. Then 

of hlni. re<l 

14 i|a'ne-hwila lUElgwiVoksdct. i.u txalpxi. yu'ksa (luni, inEsa'x" 



BOAS] 



TSIMfJHIAN TKXTS 



215 



mother did not stay in the liouso. Tlioy hud jxone tounntluT ])l;icc, to 
another house. Only four incii, his most intinuite friends, watched 
him. Then they saiiij '"Ae!" accompanying their song with batons. 
Then they spolve. singing-. Then tiie body came to life again. The 
bones were covered with Hesh. Then ho sang. He invited the tribe 
of his father in and the people came. Then tlie prince said. '•Burn 
the meat of all the S(|uirrcls that I shot during the past vears, and 
burn their bones and the skins, which I am keeping in niaiiv Imixcs." 
The people did so. They burnt it all. 

Then the great master of the squirrels was glad, because his tribe 
had come to life again. Then the prince saug, " la heiaha ii, heiii hmV 
a}-a negwa' iaha! I Ijecome accustomed to this side; I become accus- 



nig'i io-d"a'L uEguaodEt qaiiL iioxt. G'id'an-d'a'tk" ai. k'Y'lL 1 

not in were his father and his They were in in other 

motlier. other jilaee 

hwilp. K'sax-txalpxda'l lEp-an-sfipsI'Ep'Ensk" t'an le'Lk'tg'e. 2 



NLk-"e 

Then 

TgonL 

This 



aVl'ik'sk^t 

came 

he'tg-e. 

he said. 



dEUl 

(fut.) 

NLk-'e 

Then 



hwil 



le'mtx" 

leii they sang 

le'iuix'tg'e. 

lie san^. 



ai- dzi'i'eg'ixt: "Ael" 3 

and .started beatiiiK " Ai5!" 
with sticks: 

NLk"'e 

Then 



Ha'ts'ik-sEui a'd"ik-sk"t 

Once more came 



dEUl 

(int.) 



IsLk-'et wo'os 



nEguii'dEL 

his fatlier 



liwil sm 

where He 

(ial-ts"a'p 

the people 



Ni.k-"e 

Then 

dEm 



dax-g"a'tt. 

he Kot strrniR. 

le'mix"t. 

he saDR. 



hetk-t. 

stand. 



Ntk -'e 

Then 

Tg5nL 

This 



into 

het: 

he 
said: 



,vere go 



little 



• Ami, 

"Good 



txeltk" 

bnm 



vill buni," 



ts'EnLi'k' Lc 

squirrels what 

ga-ts'e'pt dEUl 

bones iiul.) 

La ga-ana'st v 

the ^kius many boxes 

Ni.k-'e hwilt lE^Em-qa'fEndet. 

Then thev into they |mt it all. 



ts'ElEm-qa'odEL tjal-ts'a'p. Ni.k-'e a'lgMxi, Lgo-wi'ik-siLk". 7 

le peopli-. Then s 



i.a ga-sma'x'L wI-he'ldEra 8 

the meal of nniny 



.iEUl 

I fat.) 

guXgo'ye aL txane'tk"i, k'oL. Tse k'.sax La 9 

shot by me in all the years. Only 

txe'ldESEUiEst," de'yaL Lgo-wi'lk-.siLk". 

prince. 



'qiluL 10 
"and 



little 



-he'll. qal-lie'nE(i hwil lo-daxdcVxL tra-ana'st." 11 



12 



NLk-"e lo-a'niL (la'odEL wI-me'nL ts'EnLi'k". Ha'ts'sk-sKm huX 13 

Then in was heart the ma-sier the squirrels. Once more lunilii 

.,.,,.,(1 of Rreat of 

Xi.k-e lemix-L Lgo-wi'lk.siLk": " Iii heiaha 14 

rhen s.ing the prince: " la helnh* 



wi-he'lL ts a'pdctg 

many his people. 



heia ha;i' aya negwa 

heitt hail' aya negw:i' 



iaha. Deui (lai-k'ax-mawiL an-g*i'E, 15 

iahil. iFul.) ((et iLsti) to tlll»»ldc. 



216 BUKKAU OF AMERKAX ETHXOLOGY Ibill.27 

toined to tlio other side." Ho stood thei'o. :md was a oreat shaman. 
Then he stopped. His name as a slianian was Squinvl. Tliat is 
the end. 



1 dein qai-k'ax-inawiL an-dsi'sdaE.'' NLk''e hetk"L halai'tg'e. NLk''e 

(fut.) get used to the other side." Then stood iheshaman. Then 

2 La ba'ut. NLk*'e e'tk"deL hwam halai'tt Ts'EnLii'k'L hwa'tg'e. 

he stopped. Then they named his shumau squirrel his name. 

name 

S Hwfi'il Qa'odEt. 

Well ! It is 

Uni^hcd. 



WnCIICKAFT 

[ToUl liy Mi)ii(ly) 

When a sorcerer wants to kill a t'ellow-nian. he takes some of the 
man's perspiration, or an old shirt, and takes it to the place where he 
keeps his witch-box. Then he opens his box. takes a strin^r. and fastens 
a piece of the old shirt to it. He ties it across the box. When he 
wants the man to die quickly, he takes a piece of the old shirt, and 
cuts the string in the box so that the piece of shirt falls on the corpse 
that is in the box. As soon as this is done, and the string breaks, he 
pretends to cr^' for his victim: then the man from whom he has taken 
the piece of shirt must die. When he knows that the person is dead, he 



WlTCHCKAFT 

TsEda liasaVjL halda'ug'it dEmt dzak"L sEl-g'a'tt, k''et gr5L 1 

WhtMi wants n MirttriT In kill nfellow person. then hv 

tiili.> 

ts'ii'Eclz'iqst: lig-i-(|"am-k's-la'wisk"i, g'at go'dst. NLk''e hwil :i 

dirt (of man): or ol.l sliirt i.f a he takes it. At "ne..- 

k"'et doga'odEt ahiL hwil sg'iL qaldEm-halda'ug'it. w6'aLk-"et X, 

he talces it t" where lies box of witeh. ami then 

q'a'gaL qaklEm-haldfi'ug'it. K-'et go'ui. wt^ha'st. k-'et tq'ai-ts'e'hEi. 4 

he opens box of witch. Then he tal;es string. then asainst he fu.sten> 

Lgo-q"am-k-s-la'wisk" la'nt. K-'et tsaga-ho'ksaant aL ts'Em-tialdEm- .'. 

little old shirt to it. Tlien aeriks he fastens it at in Ui.v o( 

halda'ug-it. WoaLk-"e La nak"i. dfit hwiia'gut. iiwTI k-"e tsEda 6 

„ltolf After I peri. I a loin; when (li.l this. then (vhen 

time he 

hasa'qt tsE dEmt t"el iio'odEnL g-aL. t hwilt go'oL q'am-k's-la'wisk". 7 

he wants when (tut.) .|i'Hkly to kill a he then lakes oUi shin. 

WoaiJv-'et lo-d'Ep-t'Eklfi'aLsaani. woha'.-^t ai. t.>"Em-qa'ldEm- ,s 

Then in down he breaks it the strini; in in l-'S "( 

halda'ug-itg-e spagai't-lo^a 1(-)'1k.(i. Hwil k-T- i.esk"t \a-d'r.]i- !» 

witch " among rotten corpse. Then ,i„j'i'|",| '" ''""" 

t'Ekla'aLsaanL woha'st. K-'e hwil k-\-' liis-wiye'tk"st at .Vwui. 10 



he breaks the 



he preteii^ls to (or this 



g-aL La an-hwi'ntir-e. NLk'T' La Lesk"L hwi'ltg-e. k'T- hw.l U 

man ,perf,, he d„.. ' Then (perf., J.^,^ doing th,s. 

k--e felL ntVoL g-at La an-hwi'ntg-e. K-'e da u»t hwflf.'x i. P.- 

ouick dies the ipcrf.l when he did it Then when a-rt he kn 

quick oil. ^^^_ (KKikitfromi. 

L'l: 



218 lU'KKAl' <»K AMEKICAX KTHXOLOGY [BrLL.27 

goes arouiid the hoiix' in whidi tlio howitched dead persou is lyin<r. 
After lie ha.s tinished jroinjir around the hou.se. he stops for a while: and 
when the dead one is huried, he jjoes to his grave and walks around 
it. Then he sits down in the grave and rubs his body, pretending to 
cry all the time. Then he returns, and his work is finished. 

It is said that there was a son of a chief who had a friend who was 
also a i^rinee. The thief was jealous of this prince, and he made up 
his mind to bewitch him. The chief told his son to invite his friend 
and to ask him to sleep in his house. 

One day the chief's son iiuitrd liis friend in, and the}' la\' down. The 



1 no'oL g'at. k""e hwJl k""et k^utgo-ie'etk^L aL daxL hwilp 

dead the at oiicu around he goes around hou.se 

man, 

2 hwi'l lo-sg'i'L no'om g'at La halda'utg'e. Hwil k''e Lesk"t 

where in lies thedeail man (perf.) Ihe bewitched Then he 

one. flnishes 

3 daa'qLk"L k'utgo-ie't^tg'e, k'"e hwil k''e k'^ax-ha'ct. Hwii'i! Da La 

he get.>< around going, at once a he Well! Then when 

while Plops. 

4 w6q.sL g'a'tg'e le no'otg'e. hwil k''et huX qa'oL hwil sg'it 

he ij* the man (perf.) he is dead then again he where he lie 

buried (the dead one). goes to 

5 aL g'ile'li.x'. K'"e hwil k'"e k'utgo-ie'et aL dax'L an-sg'I'tg'e. 

ttt back in At once around he at around where he lies. 

wood.<. goes 

(i Lesk"L hwi'ltgt"'. K'"e hwil k''et le-qa'oL lax-an-sg'I'st, k''e 

He doing thi.*. Ai cuiie on he on the grave, then 

finishes goe.s 

7 k''uL-le-L6'6tk"t la'ot ai. k'ui.-his-wi\'e'tk"stg'e. Lesk"L hwi'ltg'e. 

about on he put.^i on it at abmil he pretends to cry. He flnishes doing this. 

S K'"e hwil k'"e lo-ya'ltk"t. K''c ha'ot. La Lesk"t. 

.Vt once he returns. 

;• K'VdL Lg6'uLk"L sEmTi'g'it, k''e k'MlL an-se'ip'Eusk" q'aima'sEm 

One son of a chief, then one friend a young 

1(1 g'a'tg'e sEm-hu'Xde Lgo-wi'lk'siLkVat. W6aLk'"e' lo-tsagum ga'oL 

man very al.^o a prince i't is Then in sick hejirt 

little said. 

11 sKiira'g'it a'laL Lgo-wi'lk'.siLk"g'e. W6aLk''e' hcL ga'ott dsm 

ihcihief against the prince. Then said his (tut.) 

little heart 

12 halda'uXtg'e. WoaLk'T-' hcL sEm'a'g'itg'e aL Lg6'uLk"t tgon 

lie bewitch him. Then sjiid the chief to his son that 

13 ts'EnEm-ste'ldEt. K'"et gun-da'nigaL Lgo-wi'lk'siLk"g'e aL Lgo'uLk"t. 

into henccom- Then he to slay the prince to his son. 

pany him. caused with him little 

14 Ne Lii k''elL ,sa, k'^et fcs'EiiEm-ste'lL Lgo'uLk"'L sEm'a'g'itge 

Then when one day, then into aceom- the son of the chief 

panieil him 

15 an-si'ep'Ensk"g-e Lgo-wI'lk'siLk"g'e. K''e hwil k'T- la'Ldet. 

his friend ilie iirince. At once thcv lay 

liitle dmvn. 



BOAS] TSIMSIIIAX TKXTS 2H» 

prince lay on tlic outside and tli.' .•hiefs son .m tlif insidr of iIh- lied. 
The chiefs son fell asleep, hut the prince could not .>leep. I.rcausc he 
was afraid the chief mig-ht bewitch liiin. lie rose and clianjrcd 
places with the chiefs son. lie lay down on the inside an<l put the 
chiefs son on the outside. When tiie chief heard that they were 
asleep, he rose and slowly walked to the lied on which the prinrc and 
his son were sleeping. The prince was much afraid when \u- heard 
the chief coming, but he pretiMided to sleep. The chief fidt aliout 
with his hands until he found the place where the prince had lain 
down in the evening. Then he wiped out the mouth of his own son 
(thinking him to be the prince). Then the chief lay down again. 
In the morning the j)rince rose and went out. .Vfter a short time 



Lo-k's-g-iT'kst i.go-wi'lk'sii.k"g'e, k'"e lo-k's-g-its'a'onL Lg<>'ui.k"i, 1 

At outside the i.riiiM-. iinil iit insiilr Ihc- Kill of 

little- 

sEra'a'g'itg'e. Hwa'il i.a wiiqL Lg6'uLk''L sKm"a'g"itg'e, k""e ni'g"ide 2 

the phlef. Well: When slept the son of the chief. then not 

wacjL i,go-wi'lk'sii,k"g'e. Ltl-xh'ictsa'Xi. gaott ai. sKin'ii'g'itg'r' dF.mt 3 

slept the priuee. In .ilriU.I " his ,.( the chief (tut. I 

little heiirl 

halda'uXt La .sl-go'ng'e. K""e ia'gai-g'in-he'tk"i. i.go-wi'lk"sh.k"g"c. 4 

he would (perf. ) just then. Then hem- he got uji the prince. 

be\\ itch him ever little 

K''e ia'gai-.sa-g'a'ei,t ai. an-g'it.s'ii'ng'e. K'"e ia'gai-sa-l6-.sg"i'cksi, 5 

Then how- quick- he lav iii inside. Then how- quick- in wo-ton 

ever ly down ever ly oubtido 

Lgo'uLk"L sEm'a'g'itg't"^. Hwii'il i.ut nExna'i. sK.m'a'g'itg'e La 6 

the .son of the i-hief. Well! When hi- heard the chief iport.) 

hwil wa'woqdet. hwil k-'e' g-in-he'tk"t. K''("' hagnn-ie'et ai, awa'ar. 7 

that ^lept thi-n he !;<it up. Then toward he into proxlm- 

thfy went ityof 

hwil la'LL Lgo-wi'lk-siLk"g-e (lani, i.go'ui,k"t. Hwil k-'et sKm- 8 

where thev lav the prince and hiss..u. Tlieu much 

'down little 

xb'Etsa'XL Lgo-wi'lk-sTi.k" Lat ne.xna'i. hwil a'd"ik-si. sEma'g-itg-e 9 

afraid the prince when lu- comint: the chief 

little heard 

aL awa'ai- hwil la'LdKt. Hwil k-"(" his-huwa'qsi. i,go-wi'lk-.sfLk"g-e. 10 

to proxim- where thev lay. Then he prete_fKli'<I the prince. 

ity of to sleep little 

Hwil k-"et le-l)a'qL sEm'ii'g-itg-e lii hwil g-a'eL i.go-wi'lk-.sii,k"g-e. H 

Then on he felt the chief iperf.i where he lay the pnuc.-. 

K-'et k-si-g-i'mk-L ts'Ein-a'qL lEp-Lgo'uLk"tg-t'. i.esk"t hwila'gut. 12 

Then out he wiped his mouth ow>i his son. Ilem.- wli.it he did. 

K-\- hwil k-T-' hatsEiu huX g-a'cL sEin a'g'itg-e. I-^ 

it once oncem.rre atrain lav the chief. 

cliiH-n 

Hwa'i! La he'Luk. k-"e g-in-he'tk"'i, i-go-wi'lk-siLkVe- K'T- 14 

Well! When morning, Ihen r.,se ^ll.e prlucv. Th.-n 

k-.saXt. Hwa'i! Xi'g'i nak"t. k-T> .sl'epk"i. LgO'ui.k"i, li> 

heweut Well! Not lo"K. "'>* got sick the wn of 



2'JU KrKK.Vr t>F AMKKICAX ETHNOLOGY [bili..27 

the rhiof"s .-ioii jrot sick. Tlicn tlii' cliicf knew at t)iK-(' tliut he had 
madp a mistake. For four days the boy wa.s sick. Then he died. 
Now tlio chief was much troubled. He cried because hi.s .son was dead, 
.saying, "1 have destroyed him myself! I have destroyed him myself!" 



1 sKm"a'g"itg"e. K''c hwil k'\'t q'amgai't-hwila'x'L sEm'ii'g'it, 

Ihc chief. Aiciini' already knew the chief, 

2 liwTl iKp-an-hisie'clt aL Lgo'uLgum g'a'tstg'e. Q'am-txa'lpxL 

beiiiB him- mif^luki' of his child male. Onlv four 

H.'lf 

3 sa sg"eL Lgo'uLgum g'a'tg'e, k''e no'ot. K'c hwil k^'e' 

days lay his child male, then he died. .vt uiice 

•t aba'g'ask^L .sEm'a'g'itg-e. Wi3a''tk"tg'e La no'oL Lgo'uLk"tg-e. 

wa.»i troubled the chief. He was crying when whs his s^>n. 

dead 

5 Al an-b"f;i-he't aL wiyf''tk"t: ''LEp-gu'lik"s-hanwula'k''s nil'e, 

In ervins he cried: "Self destroyed him I, 

s>iid 

*> lEp-gu'liks-hanwula'k"s nii'c." 

bell destroyed him I.'* 



srPl'LKMKN'lWIJY STORIES 

ThK OuKJlN (IF Tin: (i-lsl>A\VAnUWK'l)A 

|T.>M l.yl-lii.^f .Mcuiilaiii] 

There were two towns in tlie cuiiyoii of Niiss river. Tlir one was 

inhabited by the G'ispawiuhiwK'dii. tl tlirr by tlic ( iitf^-inio'x. In 

the first of these towns there were four bi-oiheis who were bi'aver 
hunters. Tliey went lo ;i lake iIkiI wa^ full of beaver dams. Tliev 
began to open one of the dams in urder to allow the water of the lake 
to run ofj. When the eldest brother eliiiilii'd down under the darn, 
it gave way and liuried him. a large ine piiM-eing his heart. When 
the water had run oil. the lii-oihers look oul hi> body. Thev sjiid to 
one another. ■" Why was our bi-othei' unforliuial<' to-day^ Certaiidv 
his wife was not true to him." The three brother- wi'iit home ami hid 
behind the house. They cut pilch wood and made a torch. When it 
was dark and the people had gone to bed. they went up to the house 
in which the wife of the (ddest brother was living. They went to the 
phiee where they knew her bed stooil. and listenecl. They heard her 
talking witli a man who wa> lying down with her. They waited until 
they heai'd them snoring. Then the yount;esl lirolher lighted his torch 
and entered. He stepped up lo his mother and a-ked. ••Oid any one 
come to our house while we were awa\ '." His mother re])lied. " Yes; 
the chief's son, from the \ illage oppo>ile. came here, and he is here 
now." Then the young man told his motlieidf the death of her eldest 
son. and added that he had certainly died on account of his wife's faith- 
les.sne.ss. Then he took hi> torch an<l stepped up to the bed of his 
sister-indaw. He saw that she \\a- lying with one arm stretched out. 
and that a young man with earring- id' abalone sludl was lying on her 
arm. Then he put his torch down, pulled out his knife, and cut otF 
the head of the young man and took it ahmg witli him. The woman 
awoke and found the blood streaming over her bed. She was fright- 
ened. She dug a hole under her bed and buried the l)ody. Thi'ii sin- 
spread her bed again and lay down. 

On the following morning the (i'itg-iinr.'x nnssed their ycuing child. 
They inquired where he had gone, and linally learned that In- lia.l 
cro.ssed the river. Then tiiey suspected that he nnglit have been killed 
by the GdspawaduwK'da. 'I'he three brothers had taken the body of 
their ekle.st brother home, and they had hung the heatl of tluMreiieiuy over 
the doorway. The (T-itgdnio'x. under the i)retext that their lire had 
e-one out, sentaairlslavetotheG-ispawaduwF.'da to ask permi-io.ito 



222 BUREAU OK AMERICAN KTHNOLOGV [bvll.27 

li<,'ht a torch. Thoy told the girl to ascertain if there were any .signs 
of the whereabouts of the young chief. The young woman obeyed. 
The river was frozen and she went across, l)ut she did not see any- 
thing. Still the suspicions of the Gitg'inio'x were not allayed, and 
every morning they sent the young slave to ask for fire. Finally one 
morning when she crossed the threshold, a drop of blood dripped on 
her foot. She desired to see where it came from, and pretended to 
stumble. .She put her torch into the snow and extinguished the Hame. 
Then she returned into the house and ligiited her torch again: and 
when she went out she looked up and saw the head of her young chief, 
with its large ear ornaments, hanging over the door. She went out, 
and when she came to the river she threw her torch awav and ran 
home as fast as she could. When she approached the village, slie 
wailed and cried, '• I .-iaw my master's head! " Then the G itginio'x put 
on their armors and went out to make war upon the G"ispawaduwK'da. 
Wa'g'ixs, the wife of the eldest brother, knew all the time what was 
coming. She made one hole under her bed to hide herself when the 
G"itg'inio'x should come to attack the village, another one for her 
daughter, whose name was Sqawo. When she .saw the enemy coming, 
she called her daughter, and they hid in the holes. The G"itg"inio'x 
killed all the G'ispawaduw?:'da and .set fire to their town. The 
mother and her daughter heard the houses falling. Finally everj'- 
thing was quiet, and the mother j)ut her hiind out of the hole in order 
to feel if \h<' town were still i)urning. When she felt that the ashes 
were cool, she opened the hole and she and her daughter came out. 
The mother went about the town, but there was not a .<oul left except 
her.self and her daughter. She went to the end of the town and sat 
down (therefore this place is called llwil uks-g"i-d"a' Sijawo'.Where- 
Sqawo'-sat-down-near-the- water); and she sang: 



Na - Ltiu - tan naksk°L Lgo - i.kwe Sqa - w6. 
That is. ■"Who will marry my daughter Sqawo T' When sh<> had 
finished singing, a grouse came. He sat down and said. '■ I will marry 
your daughter." The mother asked, "What can you doT"' The 
grouse replied, "(When we fight) we raise our feathers anil frighten 
man."'- The mother replied. "That is not enough. "and the grouse left. 
The mother sang again. "Who will marry my daughter Sqawo T' 
Then the s(iuirrel came and .siid. " 1 will marry your daughter." The 
mother replied. "What can you do f" Thou the .squirrel said. "We 
only throw down acoi-ns and frightni mi;iii." "That is not enough: go 
away!" .said the mother. 

' Ago' si-gwIx'-hwi'lEU? 

'Q'am-hriSnUlEni In'yim. iii.k'O lid'tsli. g'a'dEm. 

^Q'uin-init'g ikiKin miiq. ntk-'t} hutLg'at. 



boas] 



2-23 



Sho sanu- uo-ain. 'riic imI.Imi caiiir aii.l sii.l. •" I will marrv \..iir 
dauuhtfr." Tlic niotlHi- ask,.,l. ■■ Wh-At .an you .lof 'I'lir nil.l.it 

replied. ■• We npi.n ,,iir i yes and move our ears and frijrlitei u^.^' 

"That is not eiiouoli; o<> away!" 

Again she sang, and the owl came and said. •• lim. hm. hm. Iim: I 
will marry your daughter." " What can you do;" •• Wlini «.• talk 
we frighten man." " That is not enougii: go away!" 

The owl went, and the mother sang again. .VU the animals la and 

wanted to marry her daughter. Finally the l)ear came and said. " 1 
will marry your daughter." "What can you dof Then tin- liear 
ran away. Rethrew trees down, tore the grouii<l. and >howed lliat 
he was very strong; liut she was not satistied. and sent luin awa\ . 

Again she sang. The grizzly hear eame and said. '• I will marrv 
your daughter." She aske<l. •• What ean you do f Then the grizzlv 
bear ran away and howled. Hi' ran to a swamp, and tore out two 
roots of buUrushes ('.), which looked like a iuan"s head. He tore otl' 
some alder bark, chewed it. and sjjit the red juice on the roots so that 
they looked like bloody heads. 'I'hese he carried to the woman. She 
was almost ready to aecejjt him. hut finally she sent him away. 

She sang again. Then there came a chi]) of thundei-. and she fainted; 
when she canie to. she saw a man standing near liy. lie said. "■ I 
will marry your daughtei." "•What can you dof He replied. 
"I take this club from under my Manket. and a^ I turn it tin- 
ground turns and trees grow u])." The woman a-ked him to show his 
powers, and he turned the cluii. At onci' the woman and the girl were 
buried underground, and tices giew (i\ei- them. Then lie turned 
the club again, and they came up again. He said. ■" I saw iiow your 
friends were killed, and your village destroyed. Tln'ret'ore I have 
come to marry your daughter." 

He took the women under his arms and said to them. •• We will go 
up to heaven now. Don"t oi)en your eyi's while we are Hying, though 
you hear much noise, else we can not reach heaven." He put the 
mother under one arm, and the daughter under the other, and Hew- 
upward. While he was passing through tlie clouds there was a great 
noise, which induced the mother to open her eyes. They f(dl l>ack at 
once, and he said, '"I will try once more; hut if you oi)en your eyes 
again. I must leave you." He rose a second time: luit when they 

were passing through the clouds they heard the sa loise. and the 

mother could not withstand the temptation to look. .\> soon a- she 
opened her eyes they fell t)ack. Then the man said. ■• I can not take 
you up. I must leave you down here." He tore otf a l)ranch of a 
tree, put the mother into the hole which he had thus ma<ie. and put 
the branch back in its place. He said. •• You shall <-ry whenever the 
wind moves the tree." That is the reason why the trees luoan when 
thev are moved by the wind. 



•J24 BURKAU OF AMKKICAX ETHNOLOGY [BrLL.27 

Then lio How up witli his wifo and arrived in heaven. He went to 
his house. They entered. After they had eaten he showed the girl 
where to lie down. He did not lie down with her, but stiiyed in a room 
l)y hiuLself. His name in heaven was Hisif'jriyo'ontk". Every morning 
the rays of the sun fell through a chink upon her, and soon she found 
that she was with ehild. After a short time she gave birth to a boy, 
whom she called after the ehief in heaven, Hislegiyo'ontk". After 
.some time, when tlie rays of the sun struck her body, she conceived 
another son. .She ciiUod him Ax-t'Ein-hwilliwi'lg'it (Headless). Then 
a third .son was born, whom she called Le-g'a'amExsk" (Lying-on). 
Finally she giive liirth to two daughters, whom she called KsEm- 
mainii'm and KsEm-gwadziq-t'e'lix" (Woman-excrements-grease). 

The chief made bows and arrows for the bo\-s, and ordered them to 
tight among themselves. They shot at one another and aimed at their 
eyes. When an arrow had struck one of them, the girl stepped up to 
him. took it out. and sucked the wound, which closed at once. \\'hen 
they were grown up. the chief made hou.ses for the boys. The front 
of the hou.se of the eldest had three doors. It was called Lax-6'Em. 
The doorways were ornamented with skulls. It was dark in the 
entrances. Therefore thedoors were called Qalxsi-scja'Exk". Painted 
planks were laid in front of the house. The eldest brother had a head 
ornament of abaloiie shells. .Vnother one had a head ornament of 
skins. Still another had a bow inlaid with abalone shells. They had 
blankets made of ermine skins. They also had the carved club by 
means of which they were able to overturn houses. 

Then the chief in heavensent the children and their houses down to 
tile jilace where the village of the G'ispawaduwE'da used to stand. 
Tn;Mr mother stayed in heaven. Late in the evening the (r'itginio'x 
heard a noise: "Be. 1)E, bEl" When thej' went out to .see what 
caused the noise, they .saw that it was foggy. A man went down to 
the river and heard people singing on the other side. They sang: 



"Q*am-uks Todu't 


La 


qal-te'aps 


flep 


alii'lEx. 


••Just out from Toda't 




the town of 


the 


fearle.ss 


the shore- 








ones." 



He ran back to the house and .said. "1 luar people singing on the 
other side." The others made fun of hini. and said. "Those are the 
ghosts of the G'ispawaduwE'da."' 

On the following morning they .saw four beautiful hou.ses on the site of 
theformcrtown of the(i"ispawaduwE'da. The chief of theG-itg'inio'x 
ordered Iiis people to cross the ice. and to make war on the occu- 
pants of the hou.ses. They l)egan to .shoot with arrows. An arrow 
struck the eye of one of the brothers. Their sister sucked it out, 
and the wound closed again. After .some time the eldest brother 
sixiiiti'd. •■.>^tnp lighting, else I shall turn over my club, and vour town 



"O'^s] TSIMSHIAN TKXTS 225 

will I.e l)uri.>cl. Trees will jrmw up in it> phue." Wlion tiiey n.n- 
tinued the tight, he turned his cluh. :ind the whole town disipiieiire.l 
under g-round. Trees o-rew in its place. Then he turned hi- .Inl) au'iiin 
and the town re:ipix>ared. hut the G-ito-iniO'x eontinnrd to liTrht. 
Then he turned his clut) once more. Tiie town was huried airain and 
all the people died. 

The brothers traveled all over the world, and inadr war on all ilic 
tribes, and destroyed them by means of their eluh. Th.. ,iii,.|" in 
heaven became angry b(>cause they aliuseil his gift, and wi-li.>d I'lat 
they might forget the cluli on one of their expoMlitions. Soil iii|> 
pened that they forgot the clul) when they went out to attai-U the 
town Gulg'e'u. Therefore the place has been called ever since that 
time Hwil d"ak-s-ts"aX. or Where-the-club-was-forgotten. Then they 
went to DEuilaxa'm on Skeena river. whi>ie they settled, as thev were 
unable to continue lighting on account of tlie loss of the supcniatiiral 
club. Their descendants became the (i'is(("aha'st. 

On account of the gifts received in heaven, this dan have the 
privilege of using head ornaments of ahalone shidl. such as the\- 
received from Hislegiyo'ontk". 

A.SI-HWi'L 

rXoWl t)y Chief Mnnntainl 

A long time ago the people of Lax-q"al-t.sa'pand those of Ci'itwunk- 
si'Lk were starving. There were two sisters living in these towns. 
When the provisions were almost exhausted, the sister living in 
Lax-q'al-tsa'p thought that she would try to reach liersister who liveil 
in G'itwunksi'Lk. She .started and went up tlie valley. .Vfter some 
tiiue she saw a woman approaching. \\'hen she came near, slie recog- 
nized her sister. She knew at once that the people of (i'itwunksi'i.k 
were starving also. The sisters met and sat down and cried. Since 
that time this place has been called IIwil-leni:-hwa'da (Where-thcy-niet 
each-other). The sister who hiul gone up the river had otdy a few 
haw berries, and the other had only a small i)iece of spawn abotu a- 
long as her linger. They divided and ate. 

In the evening they made a small hut of branches and lighted a lire. 
The sister who had come from (i-itwuiiksi'i.k had a daughter v. horn 
she had taken along. They lay down to sleep. About midnight all 
of a sudden a man appeared and lay down next the younger >i-ler. 
who was unmarried. He asked her, "■Is it true that all youi- friends 
are starving T' She said, "There were no provisions in our village, 
and so I went to .see luy sister." The man continued, --Stay here. I 
will make a ti.sh weir for you." His name wasHo'uX ((iood-lueki. II.' 
was a supernatural being. Early in the inornin-j- he rose and made a 

li. A. E.. Bull, l'7— u2 15 



22ti UrKKAl" OK AMKHICAN ETHNOLOGY [bii,l.27 

weir of .simill .-stk-ks iuid twi^s. and soon it was full of trout. lli> 
took tliciii out of till' weir and the women roasted them. Tlien he 
went huntinjr. and in the afternoon he came l)ack. hringino; live por- 
cupine.-i. Then the sisters were glad. On the following day he went 
hunting again, and hrought haek a n)ountain goat. The sisters had 
made a basket of spruce roots in which they boiled the meat. On the 
next day he went hunting again and caught a large bear, the fat of 
which was about as thick as a man's hand is wide. On the fourth 
day he returned early in the morning, bringing a l)ighorn sheep. 
He told the sistei-s that he had killed ten sheep, .uid asked them to 
carry the meat home. The Iiouse was now full of meat and tish, 
becau.se thi> trap was full every morning. 

Soon the woman was with child, and she gave birth to a boy. When 
the lK)y was able to walk, his father made snowshoes for him and sent 
him up the mountains to look for bears. The boy came back in the 
evening, but he had not killed anything. His father asked him, " Did 
vou not see a bcarT" The boy had not seen any. Then his father 
demanded to see his snowshoes. He examined them and found that 
he had made a mistak(> in making them. He luade a new ])air and 
sent tiie l)oy oil' again. Soon he returned. l)ringing a piece of bear 
meat. He told his father tliat a bear M'hieh he had killed was lying 
on the mountains. Then his father put on his snowshoes and brought 
the l)ear home. On the following day the father went out hunting. 
Soon he returned, bringing two moiuitain goats, and told his son that 
there was a fiock of goats on llirntlicr side of the mountains. The 
father sent him after them, 'rinii hi> mother said. •"Xowwe have a 
name for our son. We will call liini .\>i-hwi'l. That means (Joing- 
across-t he-mountains." 

Before the boy left, the father made a now pair of snowshoes for 
him. and said to him. "• ^Vitll these snowshoes you can climb mountains, 
however steep they may be. Whenever you come to a difticult place, 
put on these snowshoes." Then he took a bag made of cedar bark 
from under his arm. He opened it and took out two tiny dogs, one 
of which was spotted, the other one red. He put them on the snow 
and struck them, saying at the .same time, ''Ked. ved. red," to one. 
and. ■■ Spotted, spotted, spotted," to the other. At once they became 
large dogs. Then he struck them again, and they became small again. 
He told the boy to take the dogs out of the bag whenever he should 
see any goats, to make them large, and to command the one to go up 
the mountains on the right-hand side, and the other to go up on the left- 
hand side. Then they woidd run up, barking, and frighten the goats 
so that they would fall down. Furthermore, he cut a pole for his .son. 
with a gnat horn attached to one end. which he was to u.se in climbing 
the mouutuins. He said, "If you strike the rock with the horu, 



^"'"*' TSIMSUIAX TEXTS §27 

there xviU l.,> a hole." The other ...kI of tlie pole was provide,! with it 
sharp bliuk hone point. The hoy. after liavin..^ receivr,! tiie>r ^rjfts, 
left his parents. 

Onee upon a tini.> the younjr man fell in with a pow.-rful man whoso 
name was WiKrax-mK.xma'Kx (Larj,re-ears). This man aske.l him, 
••What weapons do you use for killitiir jrjmie ; " The l.oy replied] 
"I do not use any weapon. I run after them, and th.-y fall down! 
What kind of weapon do you use for killin<( <,rame '." •'■ I do not usn 
any weapon. I have supernatural powers." Asi-hwfl was desirous U> 
know how Large-ears killed his .rame. Thoy went a short distanee 
tog-ether, and came to a place where there were many goat-s. The 
youth said. ■' Let me see how you kill goats." Large-ears took a i)air 
of long mittens from under his blanket. He put them on and clapiM-tl 
his hands. At once all the goats fell down the steep sides of the moun- 
tains. They went to another mountain wheie they saw a nnmher 
of goats. Then Large-ears said. "•Now. let me see how you kill 
mountain goats." Asi-hwi'l pulled his hag from under his blanket, 
took the dogs out, and said, "Red. red. red I Spotted, spotted, spit- 
ted I "' Then the dogs grew large— one went to the right, and the other 
to the left— and they began to bark. The goats fell down at once. 
Then Asi-hwi'l put on his snowshoes. and walked right up a vertical 
cliff. When Large-ears .saw this, he wa.s surprised. They parted, 
and each went home. When Asi-hwi'l came to his father, he told 
him what had happened, and his father prais(>d him. 

After some time Ho'uX .said to his wife and to hei- sister. "Your 
brothers are coming to look for you. Therefore 1 nmst hide in the 
woods." A short time after he had left, the brothers came. When 
the}' .saw the house full of meat, they were surprised. Then th(> women 
gave them to eat. On the following morning the brothers left, carry- 
ing along some meat which the sisters had given them. As soon xs 
they left, Ho'uX returned. The sisters told him that their i>rother.s 
had asked them to return home. Then Ho'uX .said, •'Let us part. 
You may return to your home: I will return to mine." On the follow- 
ing morning many people came to fetch the women and the boy. 
The}' took them to (T'itxade'n. The boy's uncles gave a feast, and 
his mother told them the l)oy"s nanu\ .\si-hwi'l. The ])i'ople 
bought meat of them, and )>aiil for it with <'Ik skins, whi.h .Vsihwi'l 
used in giving a potlatch. 

A supernatui'al being who lives in heaven .saw that Asi-hwi'l was a 
2Teat hunter. He covered one of his slaves with ashes, so that ho 
looked like a white l)ear. and sent him to Nass rivei-. The hunters 
set out to kill the bear, but they were unable to reach it. \\'hen the 
bear came to G'itxade'n. Asi-hwi'l put on his snowshoes. took his bag 
and his pole and pursued it. The bear reached Leading point. There a 



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[Bll.l, ■/! 



viTtiiul clitf rises. :inil tlic tnicks of Asi-hwiTs snowshoos whcro he 
cliinhcd the cliff nrv still visible. Heyond the cliff he saw the bear 
eiiterinjf a larj^e h<nise. He stayed at the door and heard the people 
sintring: 



— y-.g^ — X i ^- — -I ' »- — j -J\- — — — — — . 



(i'i B'o e'i e' 



Beating J ^J 



;o, gl go ill 



•z'o, g-i g"6 gi g-fl liii g"6 "^a-g'ilg'alk's t'aqL Es A -si- 

« I « I » \ • I « 11 

Da Capn al Fine. 

-< * — I — » I • *— j— * . — _ i 



hwil 



vA 



ha 



t'Em - la' - nix' 



That is, "Asi-hwi'l is pickiiiif tiie Iwfues of my neck." .Vsi-!i\vi'l was 
unable to enter, and returned. He had lost the bear. 

He went to the countr}' of the Tsimshian. and married a girl of that 
tribe. The girl's l)rothers were soalion hunters. Once upon a time, 
during winter, gales were raging, and the brothers were unable to 
kill anysealions. One day Asi-hwi'l accomj)aiiied them. AVhenthey 
came to the sealions" rock, the}- found that there was a high swell, 
and they were unable to land. But Asi-hwi'l put on his snowshoes. 
took his stiiff, and jumped ashore. Then he ran up the rock and killed 
all the sealion.s. The brothers became jealous of him. and deserted 
him. When Asi-hwi'l had killed all the sealions and made ready to 
jump back into the canoe, he saw that the brothers had left. The tide 
begsm to rise. When it had almost covered the rock, he put his staff 
into a lissiire and sat down t)ii top of it. When the flood tide rose 
still higher, he tied his bow to the end of his stafl' and climbed on top 
ol the bow. There he sat, and whistled the call which his father' 
had tantrht him: 



J 



Then the tide ceased lo rise, and soon the water l>egun to lull. 
Thi^ rock became dry again. Then he lay down to .sleep. While he 
was sleeping, somebody nudged him and whispered, "Grandmother 
invitesyou in." He looked down, but hedid not see anyone. He piill(>d 
his blanket over his head and tore a hole in it with his teeth. Then 
he peeped through the hole, .\fter a little while he saw a mouse 



^°^^1 TSIMSniAN TKXTS 229 

comiiifr out of u pliu'.> wlit>iv :i hmicli of f,rnuss wits jrn.winjr. Slio 
whispered in his cur. •■ (Jniiidiiiother invites you in." Thru h" pulh-d 
otf his blanket, iuid saw the mouse disappearinjr undrr the l.umh <if 
grass. He pulled it out. and saw a house underneath. The nions.- had 
taken the shape of a woman, and spoke to him, '"Enter, if you are 
Asi-hwi'l. who has been deserted liere." He entered, and the woman 
gave him to eat. The old woman who had invited him in said, "You 
know that this roek is the house of the seal ions. Their chief is vervsiek. 
The shamans are unable to eure him. Please try if you can heal 
him." He promised to do so. and she led him to the chief, who wiw 
sick in bed. Asi-hwi'l saw a bone harpoon in his side. He sat down. 
Then the mouse said to the ehief, '• He will heal you if you will {rive 
him this canoe in payment." So saying, she jjointed to the largest 
canoe. It was made of the intestines of sealions. The chief gave it to 
him. Then he stepped up to him. and, taking hold of the har]MK)n, 
pushed it tirst slightly into the flesh and then he pulled it out. The 
chief opened his eyes, and said at once that he felt better. Then they 
moistened the intestines, placed him inside, tied them uj), and put 
them into the sea. Then they invoked the west wind, which drifted 
the intestines to the mainland. In the evening he heard the surf, and 
felt that the sealion's intestines were l)eing knocked about on the 
beach. Then he opened them, and went out. 

He resolved to take revenge. Therefore he carved two killer- 
whales out of red cedar. He put them into the water. They .swam 
a short distance, but then they became logs, turned over, and drifted 
about. He called them back, and carved two new ones of j-ellow 
cedar. They swam a little longer than the tir.st ones, but then they 
also became logs, turned over, and drifted about. He called them 
back and burnt them. Then he carved two new ones of yew wo<k1. 
They became real killer-whales, who swam, blowing and snorting. 
They did not turn into wood again. Then he {-illed them back and 
said to them. "The men who have deserted me will go out sealion hunt- 
ing to-morrow. As .soon as they go out I shall put you into the water. 
Go and break their canoes." On the following morning, when he .saw 
his enemies coming, he put the whales into the watei". and they broke 
the cauoes. Asi-hwi'l went back to his wife and stayed with her. 

Thk Gkouses 

A LE<iEXI) IIP THE (;-isfa»ai)Iwe'i)a 
[Tolii by Cliief .Mounuiinl 

A chief had a beautiful daughter. Many young men came to marry 
her, but he refused her to all of them. Then the chief of the Grouses 
flew down and alighted on the roof of tlie old chiefs house. He 
assumed the sliaiH- of a man who wore a blanket made of fo.x skins. 



230 BUKEAf UF AMERICAX ETHNOLOGY [BrLL.27 

When it wiis dark, he ontoied the hou.-^e without the knowledge of the 
chief, iind lay down with the frirl. who accepted him. The (irouse 
persuaded her to elope with him. At midnight they rose and left 
the hoii.se. They cros.sed the river and came to a large town which 
wiLs inhabited liy the Grou.ses. The young Grou.se"s father gave a feast 
when he arrived with his wife. They .stsiyed there all winter, and in 
.suiiuuer she gave l)irth to four children. 

The old chief searched all over the country for his daughter, hut he 
was unable to find her. When the children began to grow up, their 
mother .said to them, "" Don't vou want to .see your grandfather^ He 
i.s a chief, and lives on the other side of the river. He has a large 
house with many steps, and a pole in front of it." The young 
Grou.ses wished to see him, and crossed the river on the ice. While 
going acro.ss they said, '"Ps, p.s, ps, psi" The children in the 
chief's village heard the noi.se, and .saw four young Grouses com- 
ing. They threw stones at them. Then the Grouses flew back. On 
the following day the young Grou.ses tried again, but were driven 
back by the children. They tried every chiy. Then the people said 
to one another, "Next time when the (irou.ses come, we will not dis- 
tuil) them." On the following day they came again, and went right 
to the old chief's house. The chief opened the door, and they entered. 
He spread a mat for them and they sat down. All the people came to 
see the birds. Finally an old man spoke to the chief, "Don't you 
remember that you lost vour daughter some yeai'sago.' The birds 
luust i)e her children, because they know your house." Then tiie old 
chief said to the birds, "Tell your father that I invite him and all 
his )ieople to a feast to-morrow, and ask your luother also to come.'' 
Then th(? l)irds ro.se and left the house. They returned over the ice. 

On the following morning innumerable Grouses came aero.ss. The 
ice wius black with birds, and among them was the chief's daughter. 
Then they entered the chiefs house. They sat down on the floor: and 
n)any had to sit on the posts and beams l)ecau.sc there was not enough 
room on the floor. When the boys .saw this, they shook the posts, 
and the birds flew frcmi one side of the house to the other. The chief 
made a feast and gave them dry salmon and beri'ies. Then he spoke, 
"I am old, and unai)!e to split wood. Will not my son-in-law plea.se 
stay iiere and hel]) me T" His daughter repeated his .speech tohei- hus- 
band, who replied, "Ps, ps, ps, psI" and the other birds spoke to him 
in the same manner. Then the chief's daughter said that the birds 
would go and split wood on the following morning. 

On the following morning the chief opened the smoke-hole of his 
house. Then his .<on-in-law delivered a speech, and flew out. followed 
by all the l)irds. Wlien they had gone, the chief's daughter swe])t 
the liuusc. About noon the noise of the birds was heard again. 



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The chiof had a riro in his house, and tlif birds roentPivd tlin.utrh 
the smoke-holo. Kadi throw soiiio fat into tiic tire, so that it hhi/rd 
up high. Thoy hrouoht a ionj-- poh- as hijrh as a mountain, whi.h was 
covered with fat. The chief of the birds gave this jioic to his faliicr 
in-law, who divided it among his tribe. Then the chief and his p,.,.- 
ple in return gave presents to the cliief of the (irou-es. They gave 
him a feast, after which tlie birds h-ft. 'i'he chiefs daughter an(rh.-r 
children went l)ack with them to tiie town of the (Jrouses. 

T.segi''ksk" 

In the town T^ax-ani.oR, below (i'ii.wunksi'r.k. was a siiainan wiio 
owned a ratth' and a carved sciuirrel, which became alive as soon a- it 
was dark. Theic was a village on tiie opposite side of the river, wiiose 
inhat)itants were enemies of the siiaman. One night he sent his 
squirrel across the river to kill his enemies. It obeyed anil killed all 
the people, with the exception of a few men. among them a shaman, 
whose name was TsKgu'ksk". After the s([uirrel had killed all the 
people, TsEgu'ksk" and three other men got into a canoe and descended 
the river. He had a long board in iiis canoe which was painted reil. 
They landed near Cape Fox. There TsKgu'ksk" lay down on the 
plank and covered liimself with a mat made of cedar bark. Then 
his fi'iends made a small tire on tin' end of the plank and burnt 
meat, tallow, and berries in the lire. They turned their faces away 
from the plank, and when they looked again the plank with the 
tire and TsEgu'ksk" had disappeared. They heard a noise from the 
depths of the sea. TsEgu'ksk" had been taken into the house of the 
chief G"itk'staqL, who lives at the l)ottom of the sea. The chief sent 
for a box drum. The three men heard the following song coming 
from the deep: 

\\'u<le', wudC-', wnde', hr-'yi, wiidO, wudo'. 

Ilwil iiE-gEbgiVbEL iiu'j'un qanL niiqi., i<"', 

Hwil g'oL-qalga'l (jaba'q ie'. 

Hwil g'oL-dig'qat wi-Ts'egii'uks ts'iiui, wi-hwi'lpsqat G-itk-tsEm wA'.'.pEle'. 

That is. "Fastened togetherare sea otterand killer-whale; scattered 
are the cockles where TsEgu'ksk" walks about iti his great house at 
Wa'opEl."' 

Then (i-itk-staiii. gave TsEgu'ksk" a club in shape of a land otter and 
a small liox, the lid of whii'h was carved in the shape of a tin of a 
whale. Furthermore, he gave him a chand)er-pot made of wood. He 
said to him. •■ The river is frozen now. Take this, it will break the ice 
for you." Then TsEgu'ksk" was sent back. All of a sudden he wits .seen 
again in the canoe, and by him were the presents of the chief from 

1 A plu(;e near Cliiua llul. 



232 Bl'RKAr OK AMERKAX ETHNOLOGY rBrLL.27 

below. Ill- tlii(>w tlu' rlul) into the watei-. It swam up the river and 
<ut the ice. After .some time the oluh became tired. He took it into 
the canoe and put the box on the ice. The box assumed the shape of 
a killer-whale and moved over the ice, thus cutting it. Then he told 
it to <ro to the house of the shaman who had killed his friends. The 
latter had a dauj^hter. whose name was Lgo-yl'yuk (Little-worker). 
TsEgu'ksk" commanded the whale to l)reak the ice when he saw the 
;rirl on the river and to bring her to him. Soon the gii'l came down 
to the rivei-to feteh water. Then the whale rose and carried Iieraway 
to where his master was staying, and th(> latter sang: 



z-^lz -z:--—^- E^=?= 



II 11 qfi - ne qa - ne 

Beaiino] > > ^^ ^ - X 1 " ^ > > ^ 7 s 11 I jf I I jt I I 

\ S * 4 \ t II I 4 \ \ 

Next he ()|-<lcre(l tiie whalr to watrli and wiienever a W(ini;iii went to 
fetch water to take her away. The inhabitants were therefore in great 
want (if water. Finally TsEgu'ksk" sent his ottei- duti to kill all the 
people. The club swam across the river and killed every one. Only 
<ine man. who happened to be out hunting, was .saved. 

At this time the llaida used to make war upon the villages of 
Observatory inlet. TsEgu'ksk" happened to be there with his friends 
when the Haida made an attack on the village, and he and all his com- 
panions were killed. The Haida cut olf the heads of the slain to take 
them along as trophies. TsEgu'ksk""s head ws^s placed in the bow of 
the canoe. When the Haida had gone .some little di.sUince, his head 
rolled overboard and swam tiack to where the body lay. Head and 
trunk were joined again, and TsEgu'ksk" rose hale and well. He 
returned to Xass river. 

The man who had lieen absent hunting while TsEgu'ksk""s otter- 
club had killed idl his fi-iends resolved to take revenge. He invited 
TsEgu'ksk" to a feast. He was going to give him dried human tlesh 
mixed with poison to eat. One of TsEgu'ksk^'s supernatural helpers 
had warned him. however, and had told him to take out his intes- 
tines after the feast, and to rejilace them with dog.s" intestines, then the 
poi.son would do him no harm. TsEgu'ksk" put on a bearskin for his 
blanket, plai'ed ;. ling of red cedar bark around his neck, and strewed 
eagle-down on hi ; head. Then he went across. He entered the hou.se 
of his enemy and sat down. When the food was ready for him. he 
remarked. '"This is human carrion." but he ate it nevertheless. At 
night he became sick. Then he said to the jieople. '' I am going to die. 
When 1 am dead, open my stomach, and take out the intestines. Then 
kill a (log. take its intestines, and put them in place of mine. Then 



■""^'l TSIMSniAX TEXTS 0;^3 

you must sew up my stoniiich."' •riiey dlxncd. :m(l iifl.T fmir .liivs 
TsEou'ksk" was alivo and well. TIk-v i)lu(c(i his intestines in a . anoe, 
whieh was pushed into the river. It saniv at once, and hi- intestines 
are still at the bottom of tiie liver. Tiiey cause the nciise (if tho 
rapids. 

Once upon a time TsEi,ni'ksk" traveled down the i-iver in his canoe. 
The eanoe capsized, and when he was ahout to i)e drowned a <,M-eat 
number of gulls came to his rescue. They took him on their backsi 
and carried hiiu up the river to iiis \illage. sin<rin}i: 

Ha dt'-kaVtiir lia'_Miu-(lK-li\vi'lri. .|r'\viiiiilei. aii-iiri'x-i. lax-lia'. 
That is. ■■ 1 am taken alono- on the water. I am taken around llic world 
by gulls." 

After a short time an epidemic of smallpox \ isited the villages. 
TsEgu'ksk" placed a pole, which he had painted red. in front of his 
house to ward off the disease. But. nevertheless, he became sick. II(> 
called all the great shamans of his village, and asked them if he would 
recover. Finally one of them replied that he would not recover. 
Then he made a bow a-ul four arrows, which he painted reil. lie 
ordered one of his friends to shoot the arrows up to the sun. His friend 
did so, and the arrows did not return: but every time he shot, 
blood began to flow from TsEgu'ksk""s forehead and from his cheeks. 
When TsEgu'ksk" felt the blood, he said. "" 1 shall not remain dead."' 
He took his rattle and went around the tire twice, following the 
course of the sun. Then he -asked for a cotlin box. He cniwled 
into it and died. Then the jieople took the skin of a mountain- 
goat, cut ropes out of it. and tied the box tightly. Then they 
placed it on a large tiowlder behind the village. On the fourtii 
night after the burial a noise was heard proceeding from the box. 
When the people went out to see what it was. they .saw that TsEgu'ksk" 
had broken the thongs, and that he was sitting on the box. He had 
assumed the shape of a white owl. One man tried to catch him; but 
as the owl flew away, he became afraid and returned. Then a .second 
man, whose name was Lo-gwisgwa's. tried. He did not succeed. 
After four men had tried, the owl suddenly fell back into the box. 
and the thongs were replaced liy magic. The start' which TsEgu'ksk" 
had raised in front of his house fell to pieces and was seen to be rotten 
all through. Before the owl fell back into the box, it said. •■ Wui, 
dEma'nde:"' that is. "Nobody will be left." The epidemic continued 
for some time, and all the people died. This was the lirol visitatiou 
of smallpox. 



234 BLKKAC OK AMKKICAN ETHNUtOGY [bill.27 

KoTTEX-FEATIIEKS 

[The continuation of this .story from jniye loo. lino H. was told by 
Chief Mountain, as follows:] 

Twice she tried to cut it. then the feather snapped and the l>oys all 
fell down. The eldest one kept the feather and received the name 
Kotten-feathers. At the .same time when the boy.s fell down a {rreat 
many hones fell down from heaven. Rotten-feathers moved the 
feather over them four times and the bones becan)e again living people. 

Then the brothers went to Skeena river. Little-grindstone ate of 
the berries that were growing there and was transformed into a moun- 
tain that may be seen to this day. The brothers traveled on and 
reached a mountain which they were unable to pass. Hotten-feather.s 
moved his feather over it and the mountain lueltcd down. The molten 
rock may still be seen. 

Finally they came to a canyon. They saw a town on the other side of 
the river and a bridge leading across to it. Here they met a woman 
named (ireat-goose(Wl-ksEm-ha'x). who warned them. She. said, '"You 
can not cross this bridge. If you try to do so. it will break and you wiU 
be drowned. On the other .side lives Chieftainess Knife-hand 
(Haq'oLEm-an'o'n), who has a beautiful daughter. She cuts otl' with 
her hands the heads of all her daughter's suitors." Kotten-feathers 
thought he could overcome her by means of his magic feather. He 
crossed the bridge in safety and entered the house. The old woman 
laughed when .she saw him, and inunediately asked her daughter to 
spread the bed. At night he lay down with the young woman. He 
had his hair tied in a bunch on top of his head and in it he had hidden 
his feather. As .soon as the young woman was fast asleep he arranged 
his own hair like that of a woman and tied the young woman's hair i!i 
a topknot. Tiien he pretended to be asleep. Soon the old woman 
came. She felt of the heads of the sleepers. She believed her daughter 
to be the stranger and cut off her head. Then Eottcn-fcathers tied 
up his hair again and put the feather on top. He took the labret of 
the dead woman. Therefore he received the name Labret. The feather 
cari'ied him i)ack across the river. Great-goose greeted him. saying, 
'"My son. did you come back safely T' He told her what had hap- 
jiened. C)n the following morning Knife-hand came across the river 
wailing. "My child! my child! Sister Great-goose, how did it hap- 
])en that your child Ix'camc a great supernatural being f Great- 
goose replied. "The heavens were clear when my child was l>orn, 
therefore she has liecome a great supernatural being, sister."' Then 
Knife-hand .said. ''O, ves, sister Great-goose." ("Lgo'uLgue, 
i.go'ui.gue. g*axgo'desg"at Lgo'uLgun, g"Ik" Wl-ksEm-ha'x, qan 
wI-nExno'qt." — "ula wI-uTni, lax-ha' desg'a't r.go'uLgue. ncL 
«ian wi-nExno'qt, g'ik"." — "Ha, net, g"ik" Wi-ksEm-ha'x."') 



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Rottcn-teath(>rs. who liud now {he imnic Luhivt. licanl llial a mijiit- 
natural being- named Sleep had a beautiful wife. H.- dr-jivd to 
abduct her. and. notwithstanding (Jreat-goose's warning, he >i't out. 
He reached the hous(> and found Sleep fast asleep. Hi- told Sleep's 
wife that he had eonie to abduct her. She was willing to elope with 
him. She told him that Sleep had a very fast canoe, which tnividrd 
by itself. They went aboard this canoe and escaped. Sleep lia<l a 
chamber-pot whose othce it was to wake him if any danger approached. 
The pot knocked him on the head and the urine ran over his face, but 
he did not awake. Then a wooden maul, whose olHce it was al-o to 
wake him, knocked him on the head until he awoke. The maul said, 
"Labret abducted your wife." Immediately Sleeji lauiiche(l a canoe 
and set out to pursue the fugitives. Soon he descried them. lie 
shouted, "Stop, Labret, else I shall raise rocks in front of you." 
When the couple paddled on Sleep raised a mountain right ii\ front of 
them, but Labret moved his feather against it and thus opened a pas- 
sage. Sleep continued his pursuit. When lie approached he ordered 
Labret to .stop, threatening to put iiis comb in front of him. When 
Labret paddled on, Sleep threw tht> comb ahead and thus made a dense 
forest in front of the fugitives. Labret. however, moved his feather 
against the woods and so made a passage through it. Thus the eoujile 
escaped safely. The mask of Sleep is used up to this day l>y the 
G ■ispawaduwEOa. 



ABSTRACTS 

Txa'MSKM AM) L<JUOBOI,A 

A chief's wife pretends to be dead and is buried on a tree. Her 
lover goes to see lier in the grave box. They are discovered and 
killed by the chief. The dead woman gives birth to a boy who lives by 
sucking liis mother's intestines. He takes away the arrows of some 
playing children, and is discovered and taken to the hou.se of the chief, 
who raises him. The boy and one of his friends kill two birds, put 
on their skins and fly through a hole in the heavens. The boy goes 
on alone, assumes the siiape of a cedar leaf, drops into a well, and is 
swallowed tiy the daughter of the chief in heaven. She gives birth to a 
boy. who cries for the box in whicli the sun is kept. The chief sends 
for it. The boy steals it and l>ecomes Txii'msKm. the Raven. He puts 
his cap into a cliff. He goes up Nass river and i-eturns because ghosts 
whistle in front of him. Therefore the water of the river turns back. 
He then asks the ghosts, who are fishing olachen. for fish. He is 
refused and makes it daylight, thus driving away the ghosts. Finally 
Txii'msEm meets his brother, Logobola', who takes otf his hat, thus 
causing a fog in which Txii'msEm is lost. Logobola' causes all fresh 
water to disappear. They have a shooting match and stake the Nass 
river against the Skeena river. Txii'msKm orders the crows to put 
his arrow into the goal and to remove L6gol)olri''s. Thus he wins by 
fnuid. They divide the stakes and make tlie olachen go up Nass river 
and the ■~uhuou up Skeena rixcr. Tliey separate. 

Txa'msem 

Txii'msEm visits a chief who owns fresh water. He pretends that 
the chief soiled his Ijed. and l)y threatening to tell on iiim ho gets per- 
mission to take a drink of water. He takes all the water and flies away. 
Tiie water runs out of iiis Ijlanket and forms rivers. He meets the 
ghosts and tuiris l)ack, therefore the waters of Nass river turn l)ack. 
He makes a gull vomit olachen, then he rubs its spawn over his canoe 
and goes to a chief who owns tiie olachen. He pretends to have caught 
many oladien, showing the spawn in his canoe. The chief is annoyed 
and releases the olachen from his iiousi'. Txii'msEm catches olachen 
and roasts them. Gulls steal thcni. He throws the gulls into a fire 
and the tips of their wings l)ccumc black. He assumes the shape 



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of a deer, ties pitohwood to his tail, mid ^t^■;lis lire. He strikr, tlie 
butts of the trees with his l>iiriiin>r tail, and therefore tlic wood l.urii>. 

Txii'msEiu then marries a saiiiioii woman and thus ..litaiiis >:il 

She makes his hair urow loiii,r. H,. seolds lier. and ail thr >a!iu..ii and 
his long hair disappear. 

Txa'mskm 

Txii'msEm is born, but ean not he induced to eat. Two old men 
chew .salmon for him, and put a .scab into it. Then he licrome^ vom- 
cious and is deserted. He tries to cateh a bullhead but can not. .so h.' 
curses it and makes its tail thin. Believing that lie s.m's a beautiful 
dancing-blanket in the woods, he tears his niven blanket and linds that 
what he believed to be a t)lanket is uio.ss. Then he takes a >lave. 
They reach a chief's house. The slav(> .says tliat Txa'msKm does not 
like food that has 1)een offered, and eats it all himself. Txii'msKiii 
induces his slave to cross a canyon on a bridge made of the stalk of a 
skunk cabbage. The bridge, breaks, the slave falls down, his lidly 
bursts, and Txii'msEm eats the contents of his stoma-li. He linds 
children playing ball with a slice of blubl)er. and eats it. The children 
tell him that they obtain blubl)er hy throwing themselves down from a 
tree and shouting "Piles of blubber!" He does so and kills himstdf. 
He comes to life again ami goes tisliing with C'ormonuit. take.-, a 1oum> 
from his neck, and pretends that he wants to put it on his tongue. 
He tears out Cormorant's tongue and steals the lish that t'orinorant 
has caught. He exchanges tiie chief's club for one of rotten wixxl, 
and induces the chief to strike him with the club, liut in an ensuing 
fight he kills the chief with his own club. Seal invites Txa'msKm 
into his house and lets grease drip from his hands into a di>h. A 
bii'd strikes its ankle and j)ulls out fish roe. Another bird makes 
salmon berries by his song. Txii'msEm tries in vain to imitate his 
hosts. He steals bait of the fishermen from their hooks. His jaw is 
caught and torn off', Init he recovers it. He calls a salmon and kills it. 
He is advised by his excrements to steam the .-ahnon in a lioli-. \ 
stump sits down on the hole and I'ats the salmon. Txii'msEm then 
invites Grizzly Beai- to go fishing with him. He pretends to use his own 
testicles for bait and induces the bear to cut off his testicles for bait, 
thus kiUing himself. He makes the wife of ( Jrizzly Hi-ar swallow red- 
hot stones to secure good luck for lii'r husband, and tims kill- iier. He 
asks Pitch togo fishingand lets him melt in the hot sun. Pitch runs 
over a halibut and makes one side hlack. When he reach>-> the t..wn 
of the air. he tries to steal i)rovisions. hut is beaten oil by invi>ilp|e 
hands. He asks Deer to accompany him and split wood, lie kills Deer 
by stiiking his head with a hannuer. He then enters the house 
of smoke-hole, who prevents his escape by ordering the door an.l 
the BUiune-holc to close. Txii'msEm, caught in lli.- smoke-bole. j,ut.s 



238 BL'KKAC OF AMKRICAX ETHXOLDGY [Bti.L.27 

his voice as an echo into a clitf and scolds the chief, who allows the 
smoke-hole to open aj^ain. Txii'msEni flies away in the shape of a 
raven. He catches seals and steams them. A stump eats them. 
Txii'msEiii makes the stump his slave, and liaaily he calls all the tish 
ashore and kills them. 

The Stoxe and the Eldeuberrv Bush 

The Stone and the P^lderl)erry Bush gavv birth nearly at the same 
time, hut the children of Elderberry Bush were born tirst. There- 
fore man is mortal. 

TiiK I'uucrriNE and tiie Beavek 

The Beaver invites the Porcupine to his house, carries him over 
the water, and gives hini sticks to eat. They agree to i)lay together. 
The Beaver carries the Porcupine through the water and almost 
<lrowns him. The Porcupine then invites the Beaver to visit him and 
takes him over slippery ice to a tree which he climbs and lets himself 
fall down. He carries the Beaver up. The Porcupine lets go of the 
tree and shouts '"Space!''' and is not hurt when he strikes the ground; 
but the Bciuver shouts ''Rock!"' and his ])elly bursts when lie lands on 
the ground. 

The Wolves and the Deek 

The Wolves and the Deer have a feast. They play laughing at each 
other. The Wolves laugh first. The Deer fear the large teeth of the 
Wolves. The Deer are told to laugh aloud. When the Wolves see 
that the Deer have no teeth, they devour them. 

The Staks 

A boy ridicules a Star and is taken up l)y it to the ."sky where he is 
tii'd to the smoke-hole of the Star's house. The boy's father is told l)y 
a woman how to recover his boy. He shoots arrows up to the sky, 
making a chain, which he climbs. He sees a man. to whom he gives 
tobacco, red paint, and slingstones in return for advice. The father then 
carves figures in the shape of his sou, of different kinds of wood, finally 
of yellow cedar. He ties this figure on the roof in the place of his son. 
The figure cries when sparks fall on it. The fatiier escapes with his 
.son. Finally the figure stops crying, and th(> escape of the boy is dis- 
covered. The Stars pursue the fugitives, who throw away the tobacco, 
paint, and slingstones. The Stars stop and paint their faces. There- 
fore the .Stars are red and blue. The man who had given advice swells 
on receiving more paint and tobacco and obstructs the way of the 
Stars. The father and his son safel}' descend the chain of arrows. 



^^■^^^ TSIMSIIIA.N TKXTS 239 

H(VnKN-Ki:ATIIF.I{S 

ChiUhvn pluy lull aii.l imkr much iiois,-. which Miim.v. Heaven. 
wlio sends tVathcis down. One l.oy jjuts them on his liead ami ihey 

lift him up. Others try to hohl him and all are t.-iken ;ip. One n- 

strualing girl and her grandmother, who were in a small hut. are 
the only onos left. The girl puts wedges of various kinds of wood, a 
grindstone, a knife, and some niueiis into her hianket and .-oon gives 
])irth to live lioys and one girl, who are these objects p(>rsonilied. The 
children aunoy Heaven l)y their noise. The feathers come down again 
and take them up. though they transform themselves intotn-es. momi- 
taln.s. and mucus. The knife girl clind)s her lirothers" hodies and cuts 
otf the feather. Then the hoys fall down. The feathi-rs remain on 
the head of the eldest, who is called Uotten-feathers. The hones of 
those who had been taken up before fall down. Thev are revived. 
Grindstone eats berries and is transformed into a mountain. Rotten- 
feathers cuts passage through the mountains with a feather and 
reaches Great-goose, who advises them. He marries the daughter of 
a chieftainess. who tries to cut otf his head with her shar]) liaiuU. 
He changes his own and his wife's headdress and the young woman is 
killed in his place. He abducts the wife of Sleep and escapes in a 
self-moving canoe. Sleep is awakened l)y his watchmen. ("hambei-iM>t 
and Wooden Maul. He creates a mountain in front of Rotten-featliers 
and his wife, which is cut by the feathei-s. Tlien he throws a cond> 
ahead of th<^m. which is transformed into a thicket. .Vgain Rotten- 
feathers cuts a passage and escapes with the woman. 

K-"klk" 

Children ai'e playing in a hollow log of driftwood on the beach. 
They are carried out to >ea by the tide. They strike their noses tujtil 
they bleed and suiear the outside of tiie log with the l)loo(i. (iulls 
that alight on the log are glued to it by the idood. The lioys kill them 
and subsist on them. The log drifts into a huge whirl|)o(d and i> 
pulled out by a one-legged person wdio lives near by. hunting seals in 
the whirlpool. He takes care of the boys. His neighbor. Hard- 
in.step, envies him. The boys are homesick and are sent to look for 
One-leg's canoe, which they can not find because it looks like a rotten 
log'. Finallv he uncovers it and it proves to ))e a self-moving caniM' 
with a head of ^A'.vsK at each end. These heads eat whatever crosses 
the how or the stern of the canoe. The boys feed eacii end with tive 
seals and the canoe takes them home. 

Till-: Sr.Ai.ioN HiNTKUs 
One of four sealion hunters linds noscalions on his rock and steals 
those of his companion. The latter makes an artificial sealion. which, 
when harpooned by the thief, pulls him with his crew across the ocean. 



240 m'RKAr ok amkrican ethnology [BrLL.27 

Ho is unaljlf to let go the harpoon line. Finally they reaeh the hmd of 
the dwarfs. One of the.se appears in a canoe, jumps into the sea. cliiks 
haiilitit under water, and puts theui into the canoe. When he jump.s 
into the sea again, one man .steals two halibut. The dwarf notices it, 
Knds the men. and knocks the thief to th(> ground so that he dies. 
Tlie survivors are invited in by the chief of the dwarfs. Some birds 
arrive and a battle ensues in which many dwarfs are killed. On the 
following day the men attack the birds and kill tlicni by twisting 
their necks. The men arc sent home t)y the dwarf-. 

Smokk-iiolk 

A man attains su])crnatural sti-ciiglh l)y always sleeping at tlie edge 
of his smoke-hole. 

Ts'ak' 

A bov named Ts'ak' catches tisli. which are stolen by the (irizzly 
Bear. He .scolds the Grizzly Bear, who snuffs him in. T.s"ak' kills 
the bear by starting a tire in his stomach, and then comes out and 
asks his grandmother to cut open the bear. At first she refuses to 
believe him. but finally accompanies him and finds the bear. He 
visits tlie village of the Wolves across the river. They tie him, go 
to his house, and steal tlie bear meat. On being released he finds his 
grandmotiier asleep, cuts out her vulva, roasts it, and gives it to her 
to eat. She turns him out of the house. A supernatural being tells 
him how to take revenge on the Wolves. Through a hollow bone he 
blows sickness into the daughter of the chief of the Wolves. The 
shamans can not cure her. He offers to do so. and when he is suc- 
cessful he receives the girl in marriage, and is given much property 
and a slave named Di'um-belly. Pie desires to get another wife, and 
.stsirts with his slave Drum-belly and .several birds. He comes to a 
burning mountain, wiiich he tries unsuccessfully to cross by assuming 
the siiajie of various birds. He lies down, and is called by a .Mouse, 
wliose house is imder a bunch of grass. He gains her good will ))y 
burning his earrings. She shows him th(> trail under the mountain. 
He reaches another Mouse at the far end of the trail, who gives him 
a carving of crystal for protection, and tells him what to do. He 
reaches a chief's house with a snapping door. He ])uts the crystal 
in so that it can not do.se. and enters safely. He takes the chief's 
daughter for his wife. The father-in-law spreads a bearskin with 
sharp hair in order to kill him. but Ts'ak' lireaks the hair with his 
crystal. Then the father-in-law tries to boil him in a bo.x. and though 
Ts'ak" .seems to lie lioiled he rises unharmed. He is then thrown into 
the crack of a split cedar, which clo.ses over him when the wedges are 
knocked out. but lie kicks the tree apart and comes out. The chief 
orders his slave to throw T.s'ak" into the whirlpool while they are hunt- 
ing seals, but instead the slave is drowned. He returns with his wife 
bv the same wav bv which he came. 



""•^^ TsJl.MSlllAN TKXT3 04 J 

GROWIX(;-UP-I.lKi:-OXE-WnO-IIAS-A-(;iL\M)M()TIIKU 

A chiefs nephow is a poor ..rph;,,,. A li._rlu r.-ni.-. ,iown from 
heaven and liangs at the end of a hrandi. It pinvs (■, l„. ,„pp,.r 
The chief promises his daughter to the one wiio will kno.ii it .h.wn! 
The orphan boy receives from a sup.'rnatural l.einjr stones of f,„ir 
diflerent colors, and with the last stone knocks it ,lown. hut the voun-r 
men take the coppei' away from him. and claim to liavc hit it." The 
next day :i white l)ear is iicard behind tiie village, and the chicf.s 
daughter is promised to him who kills it. The orphan boy kills it 
with his arrow. The other youths ,laini 1,, have killed it." but the 
youth's arrow is found, and thus the chief l.'arns that his nephew has 
killed the bear. The ciiief is ashamed and deserts his nephew, his 
daughter, and their grandmother. The l)oy goes to a pond "and 
shouts. A giant frog, the guardian of the pond, emerges and pur- 
sues the boy. The Iwy makes a trap and catches the frog in it. IIo 
skins it and goes into the pond, where he catches a trout. He puts 
the trout on the beacli. In the mortdng a raven tinds it and begins to 
croak. The prince,-<s .sends the boy to look, and he brings the "trout. 
Every night he goes out and catches in succession trout, salmon, 
halibut, bullheads, .seals, porpoises, sealions. and whales. Finally 
the princess discovers tiiat he catches tliem and asks him to marry 
her. They have two children. The chief's people are starving, and 
the chief .sends a man and some slaves to .see if his nephew, his 
daughter, and their grandmother are dead. The boy gives them to 
eat. and they report wdiat they have seen. The people return, and 
he .sells his provisions for slaves and elk skins, gives a i)othit<'li. and 
becomes a chief. Finally he is unable to take oH' his frog l.lardiet. 
and stays in the sea. whence he i)rovides his wife and eliildr. n with 
food. 

LiTTi.i.-r..\(;LE 

A chief's .son. instead of catching .silmon. feeds eagles and jiulls out 
their feathers for his arrows. In winter, when ])rovisions run >hurt, 
the boy. his grandmother, and a slave are deserted. The boy's mother 
hides some lish in a clam shell. Fveiy morning the eagles bring tiiem 
food; first a trout, then bidlheads. .salmon, haliliut. seals, porpoi.ses, 
•sealions, and whales. The boy puts on a gull skin atul tiies to look at 
his people, whouj he finds starving. Me ditjps ;i piece of seal meat 
into a canoe. The chief sends ii man and several slaves to see if his 
.son is dead. They find him alive and he feeds them. I)ut fori>ids them 
to take food along. One slave hides some seal meat under his >hirt. 
At home he gives the meat to his child. The child bolts it and is 
almost suffocated. The chief's wife pulls out the seal meat, and thus 
they learn that the prince has plenty of jjrovisious. I'he ^leojjle 
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242 BUKKAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [En.'.'*? 

move back, and ono of tho prince's uncles gives liiiii his diuij.'hter 
in marriage. The prince sells provisions for elk skins and slaves, 
gives a potlatch, and V)eoomes a chief. 

Shk-wiio-iias-a-Labret-on-oxk-Side 

A scabby slave girl appears on the street of a \'illage. A prince 
marries her. When his mother feeds her, she puts into the eiiipty 
dish a scab, which is transformed into an abalone shell. In the evening 
the girl's mother. Evening Sky, comes and announces that her people 
will come and give the prince much property. Next day they arrive. 
The prince and his people go inland to trade. His wife is angrv 
because he does not take her along. She bathes the awkward brother 
of the prince, gives him red paint, and sends him to the inlanders to 
trade for weasel skins. He becomes beautiful and rich, and shi^ mar- 
ries him. Her mother comes again and brings much property, which 
she gives to her new husband. 

The Grizzly Bear 

The eldest of four brothers goes hunting witli liis two dogs. He 
comes to a glacier, which he crosses, and suddenly finds him-self in 
front of the den of a (irizzly Bear, who kills him and his dogs. The 
second and third brothers meet the same fate. The youngest, on 
reaching the den, falls into it and strikes with his hand the Bear's 
vulva. She marries him. After some time he gets homesick and 
returns, accompanied by his bear wife. They live with his parents 
and the Bear makes friends with the man's child and with his former 
wife, whom she allows to return to him. The Bear and this woman go 
berrying, the Bear keeping the berries in her stomach. On their 
return they invite the people in. The Bear defecates the berries into a 
dish, but the people are afraid to eat them. The Bear robs a man's 
salmon weir, taking out the fish before daylight. She gives the fish 
to the people. The owner of the weir scolds her and she kills hiuL 
She goes l)ack to the mountains, and tells her hus))and. who tries to 
follow jicr. to go home, ^^"hen he does not obey, she kills him. 

The Sqiihrel 

A young man has killed many squirrels. One day he sees a white 
squirrel climbing a spruce tree. He goes around the tree to get a 
shot and finds that the siiuirrel is the daughter of the chief of the 
squirrels. He is called into the house. The chief asks him to burn 
the meat and bones of the squirrels whom he has killed and thus to 
restore the squirrel people to life. In return he promises to make 
the hunter a shaman and gives him a dance and a song. After some 
time the youth's dried-up body is found on the tree. It i- taken to 



■^ ■'"' TSIMSIHAN TEXTS 04;^ 

his f;ith(M--s house uiul placed on a mat. and (hiiiii-r tlir in.uirnin.r 
ceremony he revives. Tlie squirrel meat is humed and the vouth 
beconie.s a great .shaman. 

The Oricin of tiiio (J-isi-.wv.vduwe'iu 

There are two towns on oppcsite. sides of Nass rivei-. The eld<-.t of 
four brothers from one of these towns is killed while hunti^..^ The 
reason for his accident is the faithlessness of his wife, wiiose lover is 
the son of the chief of the other villa.ire. The survivin;: brothers 
find the lover with their sister-in-law. ' They cut off his" h.-ad and 
haug it over the doorway. Wlien the yoimg clii.-f is missing his 
people send a slave girl acro.ss the river to look for him. under tiie pre- 
text that their lire ha.s gone out. She tinds his head, and a battle 
ensues in which all the people of the first villag." are killed except the 
woman whose lover had been slain and her daughter. Tliev hide in 
a hole under ground while the town is being burned. When all is 
quiet, the mother shouts, "Who will marry my daughter T" Various 
animals come, but .she refuses them because they are too weak. 
Finally a supernatural lieing from heaven comes and is acc-ejited. He 
tries to carry both women up to heaven, but is compelled to leave the 
mother liehind because, against his orders, she opens her eyes on the 
way. He puts her into the branch of a tree, where she remains and 
causes the noise produced by the wind. The daughter has several 
children, who receive supernatural gifts and are sent l.mck to earth. 
Among these gifts is a club which, when turned, causes the earth to turn 
over and bury the owner's enemi(>s. The children come down at the 
old village site. In a battle with their old enemies the brothers are 
victorious by using their magical club. Not .satisfied with takinir 
revenge, they continue to make war and thus e.xcite the anger of the 
chief in heaven, who makes them lose their club. 

A.si-uwi'i, 

The people in two villages are starving. Two sisters who live in 
these villag(>s start to visit each other and meet half-way. They 
make a small hut, and a supernatural being, ••Good-luck." ai)pears 
and marries the younger sister. Their son is named Asi-hwM. He 
receives from his father magic snowshoes, with which he can climb 
the steepest mountains, and two small dogs which can be made to 
grow large and to throw mountain goats down precipices. The boy 
goes hunting and meets a supernatural being who kills mountain goats 
by clapping his hands. The sisters, with their son. rejoin their |ieople 
and become very rich. Asi-hwi'l tries in vain to kill a supefriatural 
white beai- which disappears in a cliff. He marries a Tsimshian girl. 
Her brothers l)ecome jealous of him on account of his piowcs^ and 



244 lUREAr OF AMKKICAN ETHXuLoGY [BILI-.2; 

desert him on a soalion rock. When the tide liscs he puts his statf 
in a crevifc and sits down on tojjof it. When the tide recedes, he lie« 
down and is called by a Mouse, which he observes through a hole in his 
l)lanket. lie finds the house of the Sealions under a hunch of o-rass 
and cures their chief whom he himself had wounded. The Sealions 
send him back in a sealion stomach. He makes two artificial killer- 
whales, which kill his brothers-in-law. 

TiiK Grou.sks 

A chiefs daughter elopes with the chief of the Grouses, who 
appears as a luan in fox skins. Their four children cross the river 
on the ice. intending to visit their grandfather. The children cha.se 
them away, but finally they enter the house of the chief, who suspects 
that they are his gr.indchildren and issues an invitation to the Grouse 
tril)e to visit him. They all come, among them the lost woman. 
They l>ring as a present a pole covered with grease. The woman 
returns with them. 

Xsecu'ksk^ 

A shaman has a carved squirrel, which comes to life and kills all 
the people of a village except TsEgu'ksk". He lies down on a 
painted board in a canoe, .sings, .sacrifices, and is taken down to the 
bottom of the .sea. where he receives a box in the form of a killer- 
whale and a magical club. The box, by his orders, becomes a live 
whale, which breaks the ice and takes away all the women of his 
enemy's village when they come down to get water. Eventually the 
club and the box kill all these people. The Haida make war on the 
Nass river ^■illages and kill TsEgu'ksk". His head is cut oti' and 
taken along, but it swims back to the liody and joins it, and TsEgu'ksk" 
revives. He is invited to a feast. He knows that he is to be 
poi.soned and tells his friends to take out his inte.stines when he seems 
to be dead and to replace them with those of a dog. This is done 
and he revives. Another time he capsizes in his canoe, but is rescued 
by gulls, which carry him to the shore, An epidemic of smallpox 
visits the villages. He becomes sick. Four arrows are shot up to 
the sky, which do not return, and with each shot Idood flows from 
TsEgu'ksk""s cheek. This shows that he will die. but will afterward 
revive. He dies. His body is tied in a box. but revives and sits on 
the grave liox in the shape of an owl. A painted pole which he has 
erected in front of his house falls over and is seen to be rotten. At 
the same time the owl falls back into the box dead. 



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